Completed Coin Sets

To many to list. With over 100 Whitman Albums and most are complete, just to many to list.

Here are my completed sets except where noted.

Large cents 1794-1857 year set (minus 1796,1799)
FE & Indian cent set 1857-1909S (NO 1856)
Lincoln Cent set 1909-Date (NO 09Svdb, 14D, 22Pl,and overdates)
2 Cent 1864-1872 (no proofs)
3 cent silvers 1851-1873 Date set with mix of proofs and MS with 62/1
3 cent nickels 1865-1889 Date set with mix of proofs and MS with 87/6
Shield nickels 1866-1883 Date set with mix of proofs and MS with 83/2
Liberty nickels 1883-1912S EF-MS
Buffalo nickels 1913-1938D (No overdates or 3 leg)VF-MS
Jefferson nickels 1938-Date All MS
Jefferson nickels 1938-date proofs
Jefferson nickels war years MS-67 slabs
Barber dimes 1892-1916 Date and MM set (G-VF)
Mercury dimes 1916-1945S Date and MM set(G-VF)
Roosevelt dimes 1946-Date Date and MM set (EF-MS)
20¢ set with proofs 1875-1878 (No 76CC)(EF-Proof)
Barber quarter set 1892-1916 (No 96S, 01S, 13S) (G-VF)
Standing liberty 25¢ 1916-1930 set with overdate (All EF-MS)
Washington quarter set 1932-Date Mostly MS
Barber Half set 1892-1916 Date and MM set (G-VF)
Walking Liberty half set 1916-1947 (2 complete sets) (G-EF)
Franklin half set 1948-1963 (2 complete sets)(F-AU)
Kennedy half set 1964-Date All MS or proof
Morgan dollar set 1878-1921 (97 piece set) No 1895Proof (EF-MS)
Peace dollar set 1921-1935S VF-MS
Eisenhower dollar set 1971-1978 with proofs
SBA dollar set 1979-1999 with proofs
Sacagawea dollar set 2000-date with proofs
Type set 1800-Date with gold Types from 1836-1933 EF-MS
Early commemorative 50 coin set 1892-1954 AU-MS

Canada sets completed

Large cents 1858-1920
Small cents 1920-2002
5 cent silvers 1858-1920
5 cent 1920-2002
Dimes 1900-2002
Quarters 1911-2002
Half dollars 1911-2002
Dollars 1951-2002

I also have several groupings of coins like bust quarters from 1804-1821 and others.
I'm getting like Justcarl. Almost too many to list. I've been collecting for a long time. (Since 1958)

I am pretty much done collecting since I'm retired. I still buy mint and proof sets each year but not much else.

Gary,

Wow. That is impressive. I guess if I keep up my pace for the next 40 years (already have 9 behind me) I might have something close to your collection. The coins will be harder to find and cost more though.

I see you are in Indiana, I am from South Bend.

Jim

Hey Carl, are any of those pre-20th century sets that were completed?


Actually not to many. For example my 3 sets of Liberty Head Nickels are all what I call complete. Then there is that slot for the 1913. Not sure if I had one I'd put it in an album. So far 2 sets of Shield nickels. Now working on set #5 Indian Head/Buffalo Nickels with only 2 missing. Most sets are like 10 complete Lincoln Cents, 10 complete Mercury dimes, only set #1 Liberty Head Dimes though. And lots, lots more.

Do you upgrade your completed set when finished, or do you move on to the next set? What grade do you find "album quality?"

Prethen;
By complete I meant one from each year. I was using the Whitman albums as a guide.
The 3 cent sets are a mix of MS and Proofs. The 3 cent silver set has 1851-1862/1 in AU or better and 63-73 in proof. The 3 cent nickel set has one from each year in AU or proof. The proofs in the 3CN set are 77,78,80,82,83,84,85,86,87,87/6,89. I also have 80(F),82(EF),83(EF) in non proof. I just happened to pick these up along the way.

I put these together several years ago and at the time just looked for one for each year. Once I had one from each year, I moved on to other sets and didn't try to get both MS and Proofs. I was looking for high grades to fill holes in folders back then. Although all the proofs except for a couple are Certified. Mostly ANACS.

The Shield nickel set is the same. A mix of proofs and AU or better coins.

Started as a kid in 1958. Built most of it in the late 80's thru the mid 90's.