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Starting A Liberty Head Quarter - Dansco

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 Posted 09/14/2015  4:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mister Kairu to your friends list
I actually really like Matt's idea. Kind of a "type" set at the end with the different grades (of course common dates to save on the money in higher grades).
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 Posted 09/14/2015  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
That is a good idea as well.

However, those proof Washington quarters are just sitting there begging to be used.

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 Posted 09/14/2015  10:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Steele to your friends list
One other idea that might be cool is to put examples of a few other types of quarters in, don't limit it to one other type.
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 Posted 09/14/2015  11:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add parepidemos to your friends list
Just a thought from a long time dealer who just recently went back to collector status. Circ quarters need to have full rims and dates. When that day comes you or your family need to sell, I as a dealer have very little interest in the set with the keys in AG or worse condition. Your prized set will bring very little. A gentleman in our area spent 2k on a 1916 SLQ with no date. Yes, it is easily recognized by the different hub, but who really cares. That 1921 or 1923S showing just the final digit of the date. Who cares. If you are the type of person who MUST finish a set, don't start one you can't afford to finish. I am heavily into the Roman and Byzantine emperors. I know I can never complete it because there are only 2 coins of Proculus, both in museums and several others in the 25k to 50k range for any specimen. OK by me. I don't care. Buying junk will not bring future rewards. 47 year dealer advice.
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 Posted 09/15/2015  12:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list

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Buying junk will not bring future rewards. 47 year dealer advice.


All advice should be heard, and that is why we have this
site.

My turn

To me it is all about numbers, nearly everything is.

There are more lower end coins than higher end coins
There are more lower end collectors than higher end.

For every coin there is a good price point.

What one collector thinks is junk, another has no problem
filling a hole with.

If having high priced better grade coins, that many of us
can not afford, is a sole reason not to collect a series.
Than the majority of collectors would never collect any
classic series.

A important point, it is not always about future rewards.
There are many that collect for the fun and enjoyment of
the hobby.

But yes... the majority of us hope our coins will increase
in value.

The example of spending 2K on a no date 1916 quarter.
I hope the person had the type funds to throw away.
And maybe he was just happy to have a complete set.
But with the right shopping around that coin can be bought
for a lot less.

My point here, if that low grade coin is bought at a lower
price, than someday it can be sold with out such a loss.

For me, I have spent 40 years learning how to buy coins.
And the last 4 years working at a coin shop learning how to sell coins.

The coins I posted ( Barber quarters) were all bought at
a little over melt. And I will fill many of the other
coins the same way.

Most likely I will never sell the set, I will pass it down
to my kids and grandkids.

My collection may not be made up of all high grade coins.
But there are a few that think I am doing pretty good so
far.

At least for a lower middle class collector.

Edit - By my collection, I don't mean just this album.
About 70 albums around 20,000 coins
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09/15/2015 12:54 am
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 Posted 09/15/2015  09:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cascade to your friends list
I recognize both arguments as valid. The thing is, this is coin collecting where the only rule is that there are no rules. Just remember that there is no spoon and all will be fine
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 Posted 09/15/2015  09:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add macmercury to your friends list
You may also filled them holes with different varieties and errors, sky the limit!
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 Posted 09/15/2015  11:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
I like Matt's idea of filling the last holes with a grade set.
But for me those last seven grades would get very
expensive.

If I was doing this as one of my main sets, that might
Be a option.

Sets like these fall into fun sets for me.

I guess I started this post to show younger or new collectors
that they can put together interesting sets, with out spending
a lot of money.

This would be a very cool set in better/higher grades.
But a quick through Red Book, which we all know is high
on price, in VF grades I counted 15 coins at $100 or more.
Also there are three coins listed at over $500 and three in the
in the multi thousands.

It will be much easier to fill most of these holes in lower grades.
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 Posted 09/15/2015  11:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Garoyn to your friends list
consider putting duplicates there
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 Posted 09/15/2015  12:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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Buying junk will not bring future rewards.
True, but I am not buying coins to make me or my heirs wealthy. I am buying for the pure enjoyment. I only want my heirs to appreciate the sentiment of what I leave behind, not the monetary value. This is just my opinion, others will vary, as they should.


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The thing is, this is coin collecting where the only rule is that there are no rules. Just remember that there is no spoon and all will be fine
Agreed.
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 Posted 09/15/2015  4:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
Doing this page was a lot harder than I thought.
- blow out the dust
- vacuum the dust
- put on gloves and put the coins in

And then I am very bad at taking pictures of proof
coins. I know I say it a lot, but they do look better
in hand.

Starting-A-Liberty-Head-Quarter---Dansco

To get a idea what it might look like, if I can get the page
labeled. I added text to the picture.


Starting-A-Liberty-Head-Quarter---Dansco
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 Posted 09/15/2015  4:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
Positive and negative opinions are welcome.
I might not agree ... but I do like to hear
what everyone is thinking.
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 Posted 09/15/2015  5:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
I love it.

Not sure about the labels though. I could probably go either way on them.
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Not sure about the labels though.


They are just text ...right now.
From my past experience I am not very good
at getting the labels straight.

For now I am just going to leave them in the album.
Think about if I like them ...

or decide if I like something else in there.
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 Posted 09/15/2015  5:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
I think you should leave them and get the four you are missing.

Yeah, I knew the label text was a rendering on the image. I have thought about labeling my blank holes, but like you I worry about them not being perfect.
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