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United States
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I would go with either Mercs or Buffs.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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You could do worse than collecting gold or electrum staters of the Bosporus! I had one years ago, but it was sold as part of a small but nice collection of contemporary coins, when I needed some money. I now regret selling it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just because I recently got back from Canada, I am going Canadian Quarters. While I was in Canada, I had fun going through all of my change to find ones that I did not already have.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I have to say, I am leaning toward liberty head nickels. I like the idea of starting a late 19th early 20th century series.
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Moderator
 United States
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Quote: 6. IKE Dollars Do not deny it. You knew I was going quote this. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What about the Peace dollars. They are a small run, prices aren't really out of line, and you could put together a good and respectable set for what is a reasonable price in this hobby of ours.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Ghostrider, I don't know why Peace dollars slipped my mind. I would definitely put that on my potential list.
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Valued Member
Canada
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My son and I went to the coin shop on Sunday, he is 8 and had a pocket full of money he had been saving. As I was buying silver bars I told him go buy what you want. After we paid we compared our purchases... he bought a bunch of Peace dollars in nice shape for $20 each! I am very jealous, now I'm thinking of adding Peace dollars to my collection. The more I look at them the more I like them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I suggest you attempt to finish those that you already started. From experience I've found trying to do to many different coins at the same time makes me a bit nutty. I have many lists of coins I need, want, could use, etc. and I purposely leave them at home when going to coin shows. If I did bring a list I'd end up having to sell my house to pay for all the coins on those lists. I too have way to many unfinished sets and will probably never finish them all due to just to many. My problem though is I get Albums free so I'm constantly attempting to fill a new one. You already sound like your getting the same illness that I'm presently in with just to many sets going at the same time. You really should try to finish more of the ones already started such as the Mercury dimes. Going back to your finishing of Lincoln Cents. Do you use an Album? Does it have slots for all those silly coins such as the 22 plain, 55 & 72 & 95 Doubled Dies? Are there slots for all the 60's, 70S's, 82's?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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just carl, you are absolutely correct. I have too many unfinished sets going at the same time. 5 years ago I stopped collecting every US coin and focused my full attention on Ancient Coins. Now that I have the time and the extra money, I am finding myself wanting to finish some of the series I started when I was much younger. I have a lot of Liberty Head Nickels that are not in an album, I have them in 2x2 Mylar flips. Part of me wants to finish what I once started, but the other part of me is looking for a new challenge.
The Lincoln cents are in an album that houses 2x2 flips. I am thinking of switching to a Dansco now that my Lincolns are on the verge of being completed. Having a blank album for 2x2 flips eliminates the need for some of the coins that I will probably never add, such as the 1955, 72, and 95 DD. I hope the Dansco album doesn't have any slots for it. I own a 22 plain, but not because I added it to my album, I just wanted to own one that is separate from the rest of my Lincoln cents.
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 United States
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Quote: ... such as the 1955, 72, and 95 DD. I hope the Dansco album doesn't have any slots for it. I own a 22 plain, but not because I added it to my album, I just wanted to own one that is separate from the rest of my Lincoln cents. The Dansco only has the infamous 1922-D "plain" hole. It does not have holes for the 1955, 1972, or 1995 Doubled Die varieties. However, there are three blank holes on the last Wheat cent page (so that the memorial cents start on a fresh page). Feel free to put whatever you want in them, even if you decide to get those three DD's after all. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1007 Posts |
Buffalo nickels. It's a nice set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
I've faced some of this too. I inherited some partially filled albums and had to choose which to finish and which to just ignore. The Roosevelt dimes and Washington quarters were one shy of complete so I finished those first, and since neither thrill me I stopped there on them. I love Buffs and Walkers so I worked on those next - they were far from done. I ended up upgrading ALL of them anyway to mostly really high quality - and am still working on them. They have run me THOUSANDS THO! So I kinda wouldn't recommend those to most collectors. I have both nice albums and certified SLAB runs in Buffs and Peace dollars as well now. I found Franklins to be the easiest and kinda BEST. In that for not that much above melt you can typically get really good AU50-MS62 Franklins up and down. Their "Key Dates" aren't that key or expensive compared to commons. You can get some nice AU55s or better even for like $15 or so each - at shops and shows. For the lack of premiums/keys and semi-close to melt I think Frankies are by-far the best/easiest. That they are all 90% is a key contributor IMO. Peace album was fun but a couple cost me a bundle. So unless you don't mind a couple G4s that isn't a great recommendation. I like to collect above XF primarily, so Frankies were the easiest BY FAR. The Key guys GET YOU in many albums. I vascillate between raws in albums and SLABs in runs of 9 coins. Keeps low and high cost coins both in my sights. LOL
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:The Dansco only has the infamous 1922-D "plain" hole. It does not have holes for the 1955, 1972, or 1995 Doubled Die varieties. However, there are three blank holes on the last Wheat cent page (so that the memorial cents start on a fresh page). Feel free to put whatever you want in them, even if you decide to get those three DD's after all. Kind of one of the more intelligent things Dansco does. Whitman has slots for almost everything they can imagine. BUT, no empty spaces at the end which is one of the worst things about Dansco. At the rate Whiman is going with all those odd ball coins, I suspect a Whitman Album will soon be several feet thick. I still say finish what you have so far then worry about tomorrow.
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