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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yeah, I've seen a set on ebay once in a while. I haven't seen any that sold. I put my set together for less than $250, including buying the holder. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fantastic set! They look great in the capital plastic holder!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5212 Posts |
I like this one especially given the one year only steel cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
That is very nice I like post like this .. give me all sorts of ideas |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
Man! I LOVE this idea! It looks fantastic!  |
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Valued Member
United States
127 Posts |
Beautiful set. This inspires me. Good job and thank you for sharing. I'm surprise you could assemble this set for under $250. That's awesome!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
Well, because I kept good records on this one, let's see how the prices all shook out on this set. The steel cents, I had to pick through a bunch of them at the local coin shop and picked out some nice ones that I consider AU. Some of them had some crud (not rust, thankfully) that I had to soak off. They cost me a quarter apiece. The War Nickels were in the dealer's case. I paid $48 for the set. The Mercury dimes came from the AU bin and I paid $2.50 each. The quarters were also from the case. The P and D were $20 apiece. I splurged on the S to finish the set. It is actually MS and was $35. The Walking Liberty halves. The P has some chatter on the obverse. It's AU and I got it for $14. The D I consider barely MS and it was $33. The S I couldn't find at the local shop and finally had to buy on ebay for $33.34 including shipping. For a total of $211.59. The case cost probably another $20 or so. It took some time to put together. All but one piece came from the local shop, but over the course of a couple of months. I could sneak in the cents for a good deal by getting them at the same time as the nickels. Many of the coins are AU but with great eye appeal. The steel cents and the luster of the War Nickels make the set catch your eye. There's more luster that I couldn't capture in those photos. It also helps that it's one of the few capital holders I have that's NOT used, so there are no scratches on the case! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice. Sounds like lots of fun!
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CCF Sponsor
United States
702 Posts |
specksnyder, this is a fantastic idea! Well executed, as well. My kudos to you!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
I have also been inspired by this great idea. It really looks good! I want one..... I want one ..... I want one!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
I also picked 43 to assemble a "slab date set" some time ago, not quite done with it - been working on it for over a year. I like the war aspect with the Steel Pennies and Silver nickels. Did the pennies all in MS67(done with those), nickels in MS66(2/3 done), dimes in MS66FB(done), halves in MS66(2/3 done with 3rd likely to be done in the next week). I kinda dislike Washington quarters though so I am going to skip them. It is cool that they all look silver/nickel/steel so no copper to stick out like a sore thumb! LOL |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's part of my cert 43 set  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
Great Set of coins. Thats my Birth Year Also. I would like one of my own
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That looks really awesome assembled like that! I think I like it better than separating all the denominations into individual albums.
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Posted 06/18/2013 11:37 pm
