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 United States
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My wife knows who to contact to handle the sale of whatever coins I have when they slab me. Don't bother getting slabbed, you will probably get a details grade   . I have no end goal, the hobby is what I do to pass/fill the time because I enjoy it. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
For me this is a tuff subject. I have no goals for future collecting. I have been a collector of well over 70 years now. This virus stuff stopped me completely from buying more coins. I used to go to coin shows a lot. Two to three times a Month and spend a bit to much there. Got to meet a lot of nice people there and so many moved away now so with no shows, people moving away, coin stores closing and absolutely no interest in ebay, entire hobby for me is at stand still. As to an end goal. No idea. No relatives are interested in coins. So all my stuff will probably end up in a bank. |
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Valued Member
Korea, Republic Of
489 Posts |
If money were never an issue, my end goal would be the rebuild Dr Norman Jacobs Korean coin collection. He built the most completely Japanese and Korean coin collection of modern coinage (1800s~early 1900s) in the world during his time in Japan/Korea in the 40s or 50s. I already own on piece of his collection and want to rebuild it over time.
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United States
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I have no end goal. I just want to continue collecting. Sounds good to me.   I am six coins away from completing the core Dansco album set I have worked on the last 20 to 36 years. It will be a huge milestone for me, but not the end. I am almost done with my PCGS Ike set, which is number two after the Ike Dansco. The core is complete, I am working on the extended part of that set now. When that is done I am sure a third set is appropriate. CAPS? NGC? Time will tell.  Then there are the special US mint products that I have embraced since the 2009 Lincoln C&C set. I am sure those will continue for as long as both they and I are available. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7955 Posts |
Realistically, I might collect 10 more years, then start selling off my collection.
I have several themes I enjoy, only two of which really have well-defined "end goals":
1. Complete a modified Kingdom of Poland OFEY 1507-1795 (modified in the sense that I am eliminating a small number of years where no coin can be had for under $1,000). I have all dates in the 1500s, missing 3 dates in the 1600s, and more like a dozen in the 1700s
2. Complete an OFEY back to 1474 and in the gaps of the Poland OFEY 1507-1795 using only Duchy of Brabant/Flanders, Duchy of Lorraine, near-Poland states (Silesia, Pomerania), and saints. As is the case with @pepactonius, I have some tough dates in the 1400s, then 1506 a handful in the 1600s, and another handful in the 1700s.
My medieval (pre-1500) OFER for Poland, Brabant and Lorraine has looser goals, in that I have more than one type for some reigns, but have gaps for other reigns that I hope to eventually fill. And I have a few more specific saints I would like for my saints collection, but this one could easily double from the size it is now with the many obscure saints of the Italian peninsula and central Europe. So these areas will probably never have "end goals."
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5174 Posts |
I used to have an end goal of "a coin from every AD year". With further research I now know that this is probably not possible (many years in the 5th century, and possibly also some in the 4th, do not appear to have any dated coins), but it would still be awesome to at least try to get a coin from every AD year that does have any.
That aside, I'm working on some sets, but I'm not sure if there's any that I would consider an end goal rather than just a long-term goal. And a lot depends on what happens if/when I actually get a job.
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United States
96936 Posts |
A goal? Hmmm..
Well I only have about 20-30 years to finish.
Well one of my goals is to have a complete run of every mint set (uncirculated, proof, Silver proof from start to finish. On this goal I just need 1936 to 1955 silver proof sets - a goal that may never be realised.
Another is to have every coin minted in circulated condition from 1900 to present of all denominations. Cents to quarters is completely finished but for the 1909 S VDB cent. Now working on ¢50 and dollars.
Not sure why I want to to this, as I have no one to give it to anymore. I might arrange to have it sold on the market after I'm gone.
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02/07/2021 8:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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What Is Your "End Goal" With Collecting? Out live me collection!  |
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CCF Advertiser
United States
1533 Posts |
I had a goal of completing the Standing Lib quarter set in AU-58 and up, an Indian quarter eagle set in BU and better, a date set of Bust dollars (which has since expanded to include major varieties), and I completed those except the Bust Dollar varieties (ongoing), so rather than start a new set, I decided to become a dealer. I get to buy more coins that way.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
999 Posts |
I don't really have an end goal as long as Canada and the US keep issuing coins. Long term goals include every year of every denomination of Canadian coins (except 1921 5 & 50 cents and gold) and a nice slabbed set of Morgan dollars with New Orleans mintmark. |
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Valued Member
United States
417 Posts |
Me personally, I want to achieve a true US Type Set, I now have everything except the really expensive stuff like 1793 copper, Half Disme, Gobrecht dollar, that kind of thing. Oh and early gold, don't even get me started on that. More to the point though, whatever one's goal, once it is achieved we are still not satisfied, and then what will be the next thing.. well that is human nature, never satisfied, and that is a good thing as it means we never just sit back and rest on our laurels, always upwards and onwards :) |
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New Member
Canada
29 Posts |
Canadian here
There is no end. Coins go on each year until we enter the time of digital currency. I believe coin collectiong is all in the journey, as in life.
I return to the collection each year for a month or so to search for varieties or errors that I have missed in the past, and yes I do always find something new (to me that is).
I like to admire the design of a coin and the quality of the strike, not so much in the new coinage as I believe the quality to the plated and mixed metals makes for a week coin.
Good for errors
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Valued Member
United States
345 Posts |
My end goal ... legacy. I love coins and "stacking" so much that I don't sell much. What I do sell is to fund the "perfection" of my collection. I don't mean that literally, but intend to continually upgrade my collection, by having TPG slabbed coins and then selling the coins not worth grading to fund my growing collection. Its for my wife, kids and grandkids. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1505 Posts |
I'm going for a full set of Canadian circulation coins, not too concerned about the varieties, but will likely add them as I go. Currently the list is just under 1000 coins. I have 31 to go. Then I guess it is time to upgrade towards MS coins. I suspect the list will get stalled around 10ish coins, as they become progressively quite expensive at a grade I am looking for.
A dangerous thread here, with some great new ideas, thanks for sharing your collection goals. The type sets are starting to sound very appealing to me and a lot less space intensive.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
744 Posts |
There really isn't an end goal for me right now. I'm working on many sets right now, and likely will work on each of them for years. I've gotten more selective with my purchases since I started collecting in earnest around 6 years ago.
I'm only 34, goal would be for at least one of my three sons to get into collecting.
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