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Anybody have or have close to every US currency coin, date and mint?
How about single denominations?
I apologize if this topic's been presented before, moderators are encouraged to delete the post if so.
Rick
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The only complete coin collection that I knew of was assembled by Louis Eliasberg; http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistor...r110108.htmlCoins with his pedigree fetch some outrageous numbers, especially since he had the "best of the best". Virgil Brand came pretty darn close as did Col. E.H.R. Green.
Edited by oih82w8 07/18/2013 12:11 pm
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I highly doubt anybody has even over 90 persent of them. To name a few most people wouldn't have 1933 double eagle, 1913 V nickel ,half union 50 dollar gold coin, and the 1792 Half Disme. The price would be 10's of millions of dollars to complete the collection and that's if somehow all the coins became availible.
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Thanks for the link, that pretty much answers the question.
Nathan, are the ones you named the most unobtainable?
Rick
Edited by shootnstarz 07/18/2013 1:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well with a quick google search of each you will quickly see the value of each is very pricey. For example the 1933 double eagle with one known sold for over 7 million. It has a very interesting story.
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United States
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Never read that article before. Thanks for posting it.
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Canada
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 Read the last sentience of that article.
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Quote: Read the last sentience of that article. Quote: Even Bill Gates could not use his fortune to match Louis Elaisberg's lifetime achievement. Nice. 
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Canada
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Thanks jbuck, I wasn't sure on how to quote.
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Valued Member
United States
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The Eliasberg Collection is the most inspiring story in collecting over all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have all those coins, but I like to lead an unassuming life so I don't make a big deal of it. I keep them in a sock drawer.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote: Even Bill Gates could not use his fortune to match Louis Elaisberg's lifetime achievement. Actually if he wanted to he could probably come pretty close fairly quickly. Almost all of the US coins are available on the market so 99% of the collection could be assembled fairly quickly and easily. This just leaves those few ultrararities. But even most of those come on the market on a fairly regular basis. That leaves maybe a half dozen or so that only appear every few decades. But several of those would probably be acquirable by private treaty sale. That just leaves the one or two items that are permanently impounded in museums. Which is I think just either the 1870-S three dollar gold or the 1822 half eagle. One or the other of those is in the Bass collection but I think everything else is in theory possible. It pretty much could be done if someone wanted to put the money toward doing so.
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Yep, even if money was no object it would take a platoon of people just to do the leg work. Even if you couldn't find a dozen or so of the ultra rare it would still be quite an accomplishment.
Rick
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United States
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Then of course there is the possible, never endless, amount and variety of error coins. As fast as anyone finds one, there are always more. Quote: Anybody have or have close to every US currency coin, date and mint? Then consider all the fakes, Private Mints, tokens, mills, Confederat money, etc. and you have an endless amount of everything. I noticed you also said US Currency. Did you also mean paper money? There again, a massive amount.
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I meant US currency coins and pretty much all the date and mints. I never even considered the error coins, how vast they must be and how some would be subjectable to close scrutiny for authenticity.
Rick
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