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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
Ok bought my 3rd commemorative dollar the World War II 50th anniversary dollar set with the half dollar for $40, which others are good buys.
I wrote them down this time so I could remember what they had (surprisingly this pawn shop has an awesome selection).
1994 US Veterans Commemorative Set, 3 coin dollar set- $120
1990 Eisenhower- $35
1991 Korea - $35 (they had proof and MS, $35 and $40)
1986 Ellis Island - $35 (had multiples thinking of getting 2 so I can keep a dollar in my type set)
1994 US Capitol - $35
1993 Bill of Rights, 2 coin set half and dollar- $50
1992 White House- $35
1995 Special Olympics- $35
1983 Olympics Discus- $35
1992 Olympics, 2 coin set with the Baseball player dollar and the gymnast half dollar- $35
Everything is MS with the exception of the Bill of Rights and one of the Korean dollars.
So which would be a good buy for my next commemorative dollar?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am not sure what you are wanting to do .. put a complete set together?
I recently completed a set of BU commemorative dollars ..
To me the best buy in the group is the 1994 3 coin US vet/POW/Women in the Military set
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Valued Member
 United States
461 Posts |
Yea I want to put together a complete set but I can't just afford to go just buy everything at once so what I am trying to do is getting the rarer and harder to find one first of the ones they have in case they disappear as I buy them (Like I bought the community service dollar MS on Monday it being the rarest they had). The set is going to take me a long time at 65 coins.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
 United States
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If you are going to work on assembling a complete set, it's a good time to purchase a book that includes information on the modern commemorative series (if you haven't already done so). The annual A Guide Book of United States Coins (commonly referred to as the " Red Book") has brief info on all of the coins and is inexpensive. It would be a good first book and would provide you with all of the mintage details on each issue to help you determine which are the lower mintage pieces. Current pricing information can be obtained through searches of online auction sites such as ebay. I believe you are familiar with ebay based on your previous posts about the Community Service collar. The CCF community is a wealth of information, but it shouldn't replace your own study of the coins you collect -- you'll come to appreciate them much more! (IMO) And you'll become more confident regarding future purchases. Good luck with your set! PS: The prices for each of the coins you have listed are all fair, current prices -- none are exceptional "deals." So, I would suggest picking one that you like and feel comfortable purchasing. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thats actually a good price for all of them.
Personally I would go Korea, Veterans, Bill of rights (the half dollar for that one is silver as well), capital, white house, eisenhower in that order.
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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
I have a Red Book but it's from like 2002. I never collected commemoratives before and didnt even know they listed modern commemoratives in the Red Book. I know a lot more about classic coins and type coins but very little about commemoratives. I would have probably bought the community service almost last without the advice of some here. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I love commems also..have some high mintage ones because I like the coins..always looking for a deal on lower mintages..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As mentioned before the three coin veteran set is in the ball park for an uncirculated set.
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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
I dug out my Red Book from 2002 and they list up to the Leif Ericsson dollar but don't have any info on the coins older than 1995 and then not all of the pics. I didn't collect conmemoratives back then except what was cheap to put in a type set. I remember having both the Ellis island dollar and half, a Washington and a columbian expo and a booker t Washington and that was as much as I knew about the commemoratives. How long did it take you to put your set together even at one a week that is more than a year. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Its going to take quite sometime to get a full set.
As of now theres 67 MS dollars and 63 proof dollars and if you do the halfs as well theres 18 ms and 18 proof.
And of course every year will add 2 ms and 2 proof dollars, may or may not add any halfs
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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
I think I will just do a ms set, I got 3 dollars and 3 of the halves so far. I can easily pick up another 10-12 available in local shops before even having to worry about looking elsewhere. I know the coin shop had a few but they seemed to prefer slab bed ones. These are almost like someone sold their ms to a pawn shop for silver spot.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thats what it sounds like, they have real good prices from what youre showing. Nice way to start off the set. I'm doing ms and proof myself but I think I'm going to put the proof on hold until I get the ms finished with how large the sets are.
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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
I did have the coin shop order me a dansco album for the set what was odd is her catalog only showed one album. I thought this was a 2-3 album set.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Did you get the date set one? They can fit a surprisingly large amount into those albumbs though. The Lincoln Cent one is like 9 pages |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I wouldn't be able to resist , I would buy the lot  |
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Valued Member
United States
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At this point with the Modern commems that you have mentioned you are not paying a whole lot above the price of silver. So if you can get good deals go for it.
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