"Stay True To The Quest"

So I have been sharing my newest interest in a previous thread: https://goccf.com/t/132296

Well, thanks to my continued computer wizadry, I messed up the pictures in the thread and wanted to start fresh. Thanks to jbuck for offering to help.

For the past few months, I have been researching, searching for, and collecting circulated classic commemoratives.

Thanks to the continued help from nickelsearcher and not mint to be, I have stayed pretty enthusiastic about these awesome coins.

Its funny, they are so tough to find, and I am so intent on finding them, it gets depressing when you dont come across anything new to look at for days at a time. The time that these two gentlemen have spent answering questions and generally keeping me entertained between spottings has been just amazing. It takes the most dedicated collectors to spend so much of their personal time helping others.

Anyway, in the last week or two I have made a few decisions and alot less moves! I did buy a dansco 7095, so I am apparently in this for the long haul.

I also made an upgrade and purchased one new beauty before the "crash".

First up in my new oddessy (please note the sarcasm) is this awesome California, purchased from nickelsearcher, which I busted out of an ANACS F12 slab:





Next up is a Booker T Washington, which has replaced the first. The coin I purchased first is an FR02ish coin, but the date has rubbed off completely. Love the coin and will keep int in an empty hole in the album, but I want to know which years they are. Heres the first:





This is the new coin, an VF30ish 1946P:





Heres the first coin I got. Its an FR02 Stone Mountain, which was a generous gift from nickelsearcher. Its the coin that ultimately made me decide to pursue this collection:





I will go ahead and share the rest of my coins, without further commentary. Thanks for looking!

Oh, grades dont count as commentary, lol.

AG03 Sesquicentennial:





VG08 Pilgrim:



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VG08 1926S Oregon Trail:





FR02 1926 Oregon Trail:





G06 1893 Columbian:





XF40 Long Island:





VG10 Maine:





VG08 Monroe: