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Moderator
 Australia
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I don't keep duplicates. There are very, very few exceptions to this rule.
Since I collect "one of everything, thanks", I don't really even come close to "completing a set", either.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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After I complete one set that's enough for me. Then I just buy blank Dansco albums and fill them up with the coins that I have interest in from building the sets.......  
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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It happens in the UK too. When the Olympic 50p's came out in 2011 I bought an uncirculated set from The Royal Mint, and then collected my own set from change and bag searching. Later I got a Whitman style folder for the set and decided to save another set.I am still missing a third Wrestling coin to put in it!
Edited by NumisRob 10/15/2025 05:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
901 Posts |
If you like the coins then do another set. I'm working on a BU set of Lincolns but I also have my circulated wheat cents from years ago before I got out of collecting. Now that I am back in it, I want to get a nice Dansco 8100 and move them over as well as get the Memorial cents. Albeit at a slower rate but just for fun. I'm working on a graded set of SBA dollars but I'll probably have and album set as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2271 Posts |
I have my main sets of clad dimes and quarters which are the best I could find in circulation since 1996. Additionally I have a set of the nicest looking most heavily worn quarters I have found. They obviously started melting thin quarters back around '08 so this set has become mostly stagnant except for a few later dates. I also have a right side up and upside down set of quarters. I had thought there might be something interesting to see in the orientation of the planchet when it was punched out of the sheet but I'm sure not seeing it.
I also have Gem sets of the circulating coins.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Moderator
 United States
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Moderator
 United States
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As for me, the only set I have completed twice would be the Eisenhower dollars. Well, duh.  Original set is in a Dansco album. I started them with a folder in 1978, moved them to a Dansco in 1984, completed it in 1993. The second one is a PCGS graded set. Started in 2016, completed in 2022 (the" extended" set in 2024).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7276 Posts |
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: I at one point had a few sets of Lincoln Cents. 
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Valued Member
United States
465 Posts |
Not modern but I have an A set, B set, Dansco set and Whitman set of morgans plus a year set. I am a little obsessed. The best eye appeal goes in A then as long as they are not slabbed they trickle down from there. Any extra slabbed or uncirculated go in my "high grade extra" notebook. Any circulated extras go in 2 x 2 holders and in my "extras" notebook.
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: I am a little obsessed. It is okay. No judgment here! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
I've been looking for a solution to go about acquiring a second set of Lincoln cents. I found fantastic deal for a used #7100 album on ebay for 30 bucks used, basically supposedly in brand new condition, though. I think this will work perfectly for a second, lower grade set of Lincolns from coin roll hunting. If I can find rolls that is.
Edited by Humanist1287 10/15/2025 6:33 pm
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Moderator
 United States
188708 Posts |
Quote: I think this will work perfectly for a second, lower grade set of Lincolns from coin roll hunting.  Quote: If I can find rolls that is. 
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1766 Posts |
Two complete sets of Proof Canadian Nickel Dollars (plus a few extra coins). Eight coins to a set. (1981-1987) Two different proof dollars in 1984. . 
Edited by Sharks 10/16/2025 4:10 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice to see another big dollar lover. 
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