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Pillar of the Community
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what a amazing collection!
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Bedrock of the Community
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AWESOME! Congrats, Drsandman2! How long did it take you to amass that what you have so far? That War Jefferson has some interesting PMD (so does the dime next to it) Any reason you chose KY for your Statehood Quarter? Why is there a token in the silver dollar section? Is the field on that Ike really blue? Or just a trick of the camera? |
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United States
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Thanks CelticKnot, I believe the War Nickel to me a mighty strike through. If I'm not mistaken, I posted it here on CC a long time ago. I've been collecting since 1990, but haven't had the chance to really pursue the hobby until the last few years. I have no affinity for Kentucky, lol. I just got tired of the empty hole and reached into my pocket to fill it. That token is from the 1982 mint set I broke open to fill those modern slots. It is there because I don't own any Seated dollars! Yet! The field on the Ike is blue, very similar to what you see. On the reverse, that big smudge must be die grease. I cracked it out of the mint packaging, and looked that way before I set it free. |
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Looks really nice. Nice to see that you put the effort into amassing a near-complete set like this. Also, I like that smiley party thing in the initial post.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, I just noticed that my bust quarter is rotated!
And I'm still wondering why my 1838 Large Cent is so much smaller than the hole.
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10/16/2012 02:37 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Welcome, Ark!!  That smiley party thing is do-able with tags or you can click the "Reply to Topic" link and insert them by clicking on them (left-hand-side). @Drsandman2, thanks for the explanation. I just always find it interesting to hear how/why people collect and their reasons for certain collections/items. The 7070 is obviously a VERY individualized collection so that one is a favorite of mine to ask on. Keep it up! So "mighty strikethrough" meaning not PMD? Wow, that's a huge blunder if so and nice one for your 7070! I haven't started my 7070 yet but I'd probably pick a state that I've lived in. Yet... there are so many. I guess I'd do the current one, TX. Yee-haw! :) Why is that field on the Ike blue? |
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Very nice set. I like that you picked the kentucky quarter as well, I picked the same one and think its one of the best designs of the series.
I also have the same problem with my large cent, every time I open my album I straighten it and every time I check it the next time its upside down or sideways again.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Cool! Nice Set! Congrats!
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Very nice!  |
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Very nice looking set ....seeing a set like this makes me want to get my out and do some upgrading. I really like your Bust Half Cent |
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I'm still wondering why my 1838 Large Cent is so much smaller than the hole. There were so many variants of the coins throughout the years Dansco probably had to take the medium or largest it could have been and make the hole that size so all coins throughout the date ranges would fit. There were a couple coins in my album that I cut a safe-T-flip into small strips that would fit between the slides and I would bend them around the coins inside the holes to make them fit tight so they didn't turn because it bothered me to much |
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Also, if I recall correctly, coins were not struck in a collar back then, so the diameter had a much larger tolerance. Dansco chose to make the hole (close to) the largest possible size.
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Pillar of the Community
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No small feat! I would like to some day put together a similar 7070 set, piece by piece.
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