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Jim, I would welcome them adding all the obverse varieties from all the Vicky years to the set. I have them all.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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I agree totally Rob, I am holding some coins back from PCGS grading for that reason hopefully soon they will venture into the large cent obverse varieties and other varieties like the 1859's it would bring on lots of work for them
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Absolute wonderful, mouth watering set Rob. Congrats!!
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Jim, a few years ago I set up a "Collector's Showcase" in which to accumulate the obverse varieties. I updated it today. Of course, the obverse varieties are not noted on the holders, but I listed them in the comments. You can find it here: https://www.PCGS.com/SetRegistry/co...mon-cents/73http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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02/14/2018 7:58 pm
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That's an amazing collection! Wonderful to see one complete!
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Outstanding Rob, I never get tired of looking at your collection. Well Done!!
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Thanks for the kind thoughts, guys. As some of you know, this is a set I have worked on for nearly forty years. It is pretty satisfying to complete it, that is until PCGS adds some more varieties to it. Luckily I have some of the other varieties in reserve.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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You've set the bar very high :)...good thing I'm still only 38  I'll need a few decades to catch up  Edited by canadian-varieties
02/17/2018 7:44 pm
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Thanks. The registry set game is fun, but not why I collect Vicky varieties. Having said that, according to PCGS, there are a full six points of room above my set, so I am under no allusions it can't be beat. The problem, I think, will be rounding up the needed higher coins. Many are spread out in established, long term collections. Many will cost thousands of dollars for an increase of a fraction of a point in the registry set game. PCGS is laughing all the way to their bank. :)
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Many will cost thousands of dollars for an increase of a fraction of a point in the registry set game. Indeed!! Pretty expensive bullet to bite if you want to upgrade that 1859 brass... This is where we differ in the PCGS Registry Set game... it costs me merely a dollar (face value), plus the cost of PCGS grading and shipping, to select that one nickel dollar out of a thousand, which might give me a grade increase... I have been at that set for 10 years, so hopefully in 30 more years, it will be worth something as the RCM's alloy recovery program slowly gathers them up. The fun part is definitely the thrill of the hunt... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Quote:so hopefully in 30 more years, it will be worth something as the RCM's alloy recovery program slowly gathers them up. That's exactly why I hate that my deposit bank saves all the nickel dollars I go through for customers  I'd much rather see them melted. I guess the upside is that at least it generates some interest somewhere. I just don't want to see them again. |
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Nothing against moderns, but always gravitated towards Vicky's because, to me, the sense of history associated with them was pretty neat.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Just realized my comment didn't address the original post, which is deserving of comment being such a fantastic set. Congrats.
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