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 Posted 07/21/2021  5:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hokiefan_82 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@BamaBlue - well said. I also enjoy the hunt for just the "right" coins to fill the slots in my primary collections (U.S. type and classic commems) - for me, that is a big part of what makes collecting coins a fascinating and highly-enjoyable hobby.

Though I've collected coins since the 1960's, I only began building my higher-grade type and commem sets in earnest about 9 years ago. I'll never finish the type set, but that keeps it exciting - trying to fill those elusive holes with "just the right" coins! I'm only one coin away from completing my 144-piece classic silver commemorative set, but then I'll move on to upgrading select pieces so "the thrill of the hunt" will continue as I improve that set.

Several years ago, for some reason I seem to have forgotten , I decided to build a #1 NGC registry modern commemorative dollar set, knowing full well that I'd definitely take a loss on that if I ever decided to sell. Earlier this year I achieved that and now I'm actually disappointed - I have nowhere to go with it! All MS70 so it's done besides adding new issues as they become available. Definitely not the feeling I was expecting upon achieving that goal...
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My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/
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 Posted 07/21/2021  5:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Slerk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Big-Kingdom, I didn't say that I would take a PF70DCAM, I was going to buy a PF69DCAM(so I estimated it all at$100).
I was never going to compete with anyone. I don't have enough money and connections to compete with someone. I thought that PCGS SET is just sets where people tend to collect some sets from PCGS registries + a little excitement in competitions . Isn't that right ?
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 Posted 07/21/2021  5:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Collects82 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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collecting is art not science. Everyone has their own goals and interests.


I second this.

The heart of my collection is an attempt at a coin dated to the 82nd year of every century. I'm down to 2 centuries, 318 bc and 482. I've not yet found a 482 as a specific date, so actually completing the set might be impossible. The set isn't a PCGS/NGC anyways as it covers so many eras and countries and series from ancient to Medieval to modern. As I may never actually complete it due to 482, I've come to accept the real joy is in the journey and how much of world history I've learned and touch in the 15ish years I've been working on it.

The collection has taken me down some tangents. Like VAM Morgans and the Indian cent Snow varieties of 1882. I suppose I could count those as more traditional sets.

But there are some more traditional sets that I'm slowly working on like draped bust half and large cents in AG and Buffalo nickels. For these, it all about eye appeal for the grade I can best afford. On these sets, I add maybe 2-5 coins / year, and usually picked up at local shows or shops if I get to travel. Again, the joy is in the journey and enjoying the shows. I'm in no real rush to put money into a piece I'm not actually excited to have.
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 Posted 07/21/2021  7:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hokiefan_82 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Slerk, what it boils down to for this hobby of ours is to collect what makes you happy. Everyone has their own specific interests, and everyone's collection is unique in that respect. If you want to target a specific registry set (or sets) to focus on, then do that. However, I generally find it's best if you just find an area that really interests you and start from there.
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My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/
My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188
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 Posted 07/22/2021  05:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Slerk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you for support. Now I am actively working on " Basic U.S. Coin Design Set No Gold (1792-present)". I love Barber dime so much, as you can judge from my avatar and I work in collecting these 10C. I also have a few more topics that are interesting to me, but which may not be of interest to other collectors at all. For example, coins of Oceania (Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, and so on). You are all right when you say that this is a hobby and we should enjoy hunting. I get wild pleasure from participating in auctions, selling my coins, viewing trading platforms and finding the coins I need.
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