Did You Meet Your Collecting Goals For This Past Year

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GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 9:45 pm As we approach the end of this year, I wonder if I, and others have met the goals they set this time last year. I think there was a couple of links, where members were posting what they would like to do with their collections for 2011. Here is one of the links I found. https://goccf.com/t/87337 Let us know how you did with this past years goals A couple of mine were "My two big goals for this year (2011) are to complete my Dansco Lincoln 8100 and Dansco Type set 7070" What I ended up doing this past years was. For my Lincoln 8100 I did complete all the coins needed for my 8100, (1909 S vdb, 1914 D and 1909 S) but not the 1922 No D. I am not really sure what I want to do with that slot, because it is a coin I have no desire to own. For my 7070 - I did fill all the holes, and even upgraded a few coins. This time last year my 7070 did not have the gold page. As of last week it does .. so now I need about 8 more coins to fill my 7070. I am pretty sure I wanted to complete my Roosevelt dime set. Sort of stalled on that for now. Other accomplishments for the year 2011 - Purchased five 25th anniversary ASE sets, sold three - Filled in some of my missing proof ASE's -- only need three more, not counting the 1995 W - Purchased more UNC silver dollar commemorative UNC coins -- Need 14 more to complete set - Put more silver away -- Started/Completed dollar date set 1878 - date -- Purchased Several Morgan dollar, to aid in learning VAMS -- Purchased $100 face in silver dimes -- Purchased misc silver coins when they were a good deal, to include a five once Grand Canyon - Purchased two gold coins for my 7070 -- 1927 St Gauden and 1908 2 1/2 Indian I also bought a lot of other coins .. Most of them not on any of my list of coins I need. I am not sure if setting goals for this year will help .. It seems most of the coins I buy .. are not on my lists Report this Post to the Staff

trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 9:53 pm I exceeded mine. I spent way too much but I have had a ball with the coins. I finished all my Aussie predecimals and am now having a crack at collecting US coinage. I have even started to collect the decimal coins of Aus But hay I can get them out of my small change Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 9:58 pm I don't have any collecting goals! I don't even have a plan. However, I DO have a strategy. I will collect anything that interests me, and appears to be good value for money, strictly in the area of coins only ancient to modern, up to about 1950, when silver was beginning to be withdrawn from World coinage. Not really interested in collecting NCLT. With that sort of wide scope to collecting, there is always something that is worth looking at. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 10:03 pm Picked up some nice type coins and my IHC Dansco is almost complete. I do however want to start a 7070 for 2012! I have many of the coins needed to fill the slots. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 10:06 pm with you Sel. The NCLT coins are just a bunch of coins aimed at collectors at a high premium and have nothing whatsoever to do with the way I collect coins. If they havent been used to buy somthing they are not real money to me, just trinkets to lure gullable collectors Report this Post to the Staff
throwbackid Pillar of the Community 1283 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 10:15 pm I spent way to much also, but have loved every minute. Report this Post to the Staff
stevex6 Pillar of the Community 3352 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 10:36 pm My wife told me that I exceeded my goals by a long-shot ... then she reiterated just how far she thinks that I exceeded my goals in 2011 (oh, and then she also threw-in that I'd never amount to nuthin') => so I took her double-negative as a sign that she really thinks that I'm a star and that I can do even better in 2012 ... => man, she's awesome! ... I'm kidding of course => "yes, I gathered-up a lot of coins in 2011, and some really nice ones, so I'm very pleased with the past year" => well done, stevex6 (that'll do pig, that'll do) Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 10:41 pm Quote: strictly in the area of coins only ancient to modern At least you're focused Sel! Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 11:03 pm I was of the opinion that everyone bought what they felt like at the time. I have a heap of coins that I had no intention of making a collection of, I only got them because I liked the look of them but in the end they became a collection on their own. My, why on earth did you buy that collection Each to their own I recon Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 12/26/2011 11:21 pm Quote: My, why on earth did you buy that collection Trout1105 - That is so true .. I keep going through the coins I bought this year.. I must be crazy .. Like three folders with great Britain three pence silver.. and I have no real interest in Great Britain coins .. I wish they were Canadian coins ... Report this Post to the Staff
acloco Pillar of the Community United States 3540 Posts	Posted 12/27/2011 12:05 am I jumped back into this hobby this year after a long hiatus (Marriage, 3 kids, work, college, career, 3 teenagers by this time, a couple of work moves - including TWO in the last year!). I would always try to pick up an UNC Lincoln Wheat or two whenever I found them in my travels. The last three months of this year have been phenomenal for my collection though. With several excellent Wheats purchased from members here, I am very, very close to completing my Wheat collection. Yes, I am missing the S VDB, but that will come in due time. Thanks to CCF members for providing a wonderful place to enjoy, share, and learn this hobby! THANK YOU! Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 12/27/2011 01:28 am Organization is the difference between a collection and a pile. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188325 Posts	Posted 12/27/2011 12:04 pm In that earlier thread I said... Quote: My first quarter has been spent planning. I am contemplating some changes with how I keep my dark-side coins. Currently they are in 2x2s and kept in a Dansco album with 12-pocket 2x2 pages. I want to move them to Dansco millimeter pages. The current stage is calculating what size pages I need. I never got any further than that. My goal is always to buy some coins and fill some holes. In 2011 I bought some coins and filled some holes. I would like to complete something in 2012. I mentioned in another thread that my Buffalo nickel set has the best chance of being completed in the next twelve months. This is based on total cost, not the number of holes remaining (eight). The Mercury dimes and Lincoln cents both only have three holes, but the total cost is well above when the Buffalo nickels would cost. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 12/27/2011 3:22 pm I remember for my goal for this year I wanted my entire collection to exceed 10 million Dollars in value. Fell a bit short by about 9 million, 9 hundred thousand, 99 thousand + or - a few hundred. Really never had any goals except to complete as many Albums as possible. Problem with that is I constantly start new ones. Report this Post to the Staff
mysilveryears Pillar of the Community United States 1888 Posts	Posted 12/27/2011 7:20 pm If my goal was to convert a fat wad of gov't. paper currency into obsolete silver discs of various sizes, origins and denominations, I surely succeeded. Whether there is a coherent order or purpose to all that gathering remains to be seen. I am blessed with a few good local sources in addition to the e-monster, that offer a continuous flow of stuff I find hard to refuse. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 12/28/2011 12:29 am Nope nothing much this year, the proof coins I looked at weren't quite the quality/price I wanted to pay, and I didn't upgrade any coins in the 2Â¢ collections this past year, the only one I found that I want/need - I can't afford it right now - an 1864 Small Motto in MS66. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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