What Are Your 2026 Numismatic Collecting Goals?

Well I can finally answer this question - I 'plan' on getting NOTHING from the mint - I'll be working on my 7070 album and my Buffalo nickel collections. (nothing silver..)

But in the end, I'll probably change that

Planning a Denver trip later in the year is my first goal and see what that brings.

Buy 2 coins for my 100 year of birth year set

Buy 1 of the major coins for my first or last year type set

Make a holder for my Franklin proof set, have some nice mahogany

And as always for the last 5 years find a Dardanelle Arkansas note

Good luck everyone on their goals!

1. Finish my Lincoln Cent set #7100 Dansco album.
2. Work on finding nice Liberty nickels
3. Finish my Buffalo nickel set.
4. Potentially start my own "custom" set of Shield nickels
5. Finish my SBA dollar album

Some thoughts:
Lincoln cents - I currently have 2 coins left that I need for my Lincoln Cent set, the 14-S and 24-D.

As others have seen, I've been working on trying to build a Liberty (V) nickel set with nice coins. I'm trying to take my time, and find as many G, VG, F and XF coins that I can within reason. I do plan on purchasing the key date coins also, as the 1886 and 1912-S are doable. The 1885 may take a bit of wiggle room. Normally, I would not pursue such expensive coins. However, since this is such a small series, I can't really imagine long term not purchasing them at some point, especially since there are only 3.

I've made quite a bit of progress recently on my Buffalo nickels, particularly the second page. I've been working on this series for a about a year and a half, so I can't imagine finishing them anytime soon is a particularly huge priority. It would be nice to see it "complete," at some point, though. I'm trying to find nicer coins, with at least readable dates.

I've really been enjoying diving into nickels, my favorite coin denomination to collect. Particularly, "older" nickels, like the V nickels and Shield. I'd like to attempt to put some kind of set together of Shield nickels, as I really like the design. I won't be doing expensive varieties like the "3" over whatever and proof only year coin. Also, I basically never see anyone do Shield nickels, so I think it will be a unique endeavor. I'm hoping the blank MM pages I ordered recently will be able to fit them.

SBA dollars - I've had this album since July, and I have the 81 type 2 proof, the most expensive coin in the series. I'd like to finish this one up, but I've been busy allocating money elsewhere, so I haven't wanted to. Lol. It really shouldn't be a hard task though, considering most of the coins that I have left are relatively inexpensive, with the exception of the 79 type 2 proof.

Okay, is that enough?

Good luck to both of you.

I have to agree!

Learning is a worthy goal.

Funds are pretty tight and I don't expect that to change. So...

One of my goals is to return to circulation hundreds of dollars (could be a thousand) in coins that aren't really part of my collection, but more a part of my hoard. I've housed a lot of this for decades...generations (isn't 20 years one generation?).
I may contribute some interesting rolls for coin roll searchers.

Aside from that, I hope to fill a few holes in my 7070, pick up some early Franklin Proofs needed for that collection, and maybe complete my US Mint Sets with 1959, 61, 62, and the missing 1982 & 83 Souvenir Sets.

I hope to solve my current problem of not being able to take decent coin photos. And complete my inventory spreadsheet.

Dang, all of that sounds like a pretty ambitious agenda for the next 9 months.

Great goal!
(from a fellow "world coin" collector).

Quarter 1 Report.

1. Fill the last three core Dansco album holes—No progress.

2. Buy whatever appeals to me from 2026 US Mint offerings—No progress. Probably just the annual Mint sets this year.

3. Add more Ike and WWII related coins from around the world—No progress.

4. Move my world coins from 2x2 holders (stored in 12 pocket Dansco pages) into various hole sized of standard Dansco pages. If I do it right I should be taking photos as well.—Progress! You can see how my work is progressing in this topic.