My New Additions

wow nice coins I like the second one

commems I actually wondered if while I was exchanging offers on the coins if you were going to swoop in and snag the coins

But thank you for the kind words, I hope to one day get a complete set of the classic ones. I might do the same for the modern since I like the vast majority of them anyway getting a couple that I dont really like for a complete set doesn't seem so bad.

Ive actually been a little surprised at some of the quality of the coins on ebay if you look around enough, some of it is luck with who has their posted at the time, but I must admit I'm very happy with my purchases there so far.

Nickel thank you for the kind words. I must say the more that I get the more addicting it becomes. The hardest part is not pulling the trigger on every coin all at once and being patient to find the right ones. I'm certainly hooked on the classic silver at this point hoping one day to have a full set of them all.

Gettysburg, Antietam, and Stone Mountain are my current targets because of the civil war buff in me, but sadly have been unable to find the right one. Stone Mountain seems to be particularly difficult to even find for sale much less with the eye appeal I am hoping for.

Nickel I couldnt have said it better myself. I did make many of those mistakes you speak of when I first started but luckily that was with the modern commems so they werent as costly.

While I am not opposed to upgrading any of them in the right situation or in the future if my financial means have improved I know most of the very top grades are way out of reach.

At the moment I am focused on finding that high end coin with the great eye appeal at the level just below where they usually see the big price jump. And of course would prefer coins that would appear to be at the upper end of their grade.

Some coins like the Elkin I think toning can really add to the beauty of it for example in that coin I can picture settlers standing around at dusk for protection where others I would rather keep to a minimum.

I guess my basic concern with selections are I dont want anything to appear out of place in the sense that when you look at the collection I dont want to have a "dud" so to speak and would like to avoid purchasing the same coin over and over again at small upgrades if that makes any sense.

Now only if I could have known about this forum when I first started.......

I did just find out my local community center is having a coin show tomorrow which is very exciting and depending on what they have may have some more to share.

Wow! Those are amazing coins! Congrats on buying them. Good luck with the rest of the set. How many are left to buy?

A really nice pair of coins, I still need an elgin for my set, congratulations.

Beautiful coins!

nice commems