What Are Your 2023 Numismatic Collecting Goals?

Wasn't their another 'shopping list created here somewhere? I know I posted in one (On Monday, November 21, 2022 @ 10:50 in the AM), but I cannot find that list.. ( only know the date/ time is because I save a copy to my 'notepad' App on my PC.

EDIT: Found it!: http://goccf.com/t/435096

I'm hoping that the Mods can merge the 2 lists that are of the same topic - it would be much easier to track everyone's lists in one location...

On page #1 I said "2. Add one piece to my XF Three Cent Silver collection,"

Done.

nice work jbuck!

i have also made progress. I picked up an S-22 1794 in PCGS fr2 the other day. its a nice low grade coin rather than anything particularly impressive. 1/6th of the way to meeting my goals with plenty of year left.

edit to add pictures. the scratches are all on the slab. no idea whats going on with libertys upper lip.

Just to learn. I truly enjoy my evening treasure hunt while a movie or audio book plays. I don't want to make goals and end up somehow sucking the fun out of it for me.

Nice job, jbuck! Nice to knock off some of the goals so early in the year. Keep it up.

Yeah for whatever reason those are much harder to find than the 2015-D. I kept checking ebay and finally one came up for me at a price I was comfortable with in June last year. Keep at it!

Last year was a year of change for my collecting focus. I became much more involved with collecting currency and sold off some areas of my coin collection in which I'd lost some interest. That included my complete sets of modern gold and silver commemoratives and classic gold commemoratives, as well as my U.S. gold type set (except for my high-relief Saint-Gaudens double eagle ).

For 2023, I'm still trying to define exactly what I want to do. You'd think after well over 50 years of collecting this would be easy, but I feel I'm in a bit of a transition period! I was even briefly thinking about selling my complete classic silver commemorative collection, but after some discussions with other collectors and doing a bit of soul-searching, I've decided to continue my upgrading on that set. I'm really not ready to let that set go, as I do love that set and feel there is still a lot I can do with it and keep it entertaining. In fact, I have three new upgrades on the way to me now which I'll be sharing with everyone soon!

So, right now my goals are to (a) continue needed upgrades to my classic silver commemorative set, (b) continue working on some of the tough remaining missing items for my U.S. type sets (proof and mint state), and (c) focus even more on my currency collection, particularly my fractional currency complete set which has become a new passion. Still a long, long ways to go on that last one, but that keeps it interesting!