My Own Personal 12 Days Of Vickie Halves

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justanothercoinaddict Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 4:08 pm When the original 12 days of Victorian Fifty Cents thread was started I did not have images of many of my certified Vickies. That has since been remedied, so here for your enjoyment is my 12 Days presentation, all rolled up into one day. It's my goal to eventually build a set of XF or better pieces. Also, I'm looking for a quality PCGS-graded 1901 to complete my registry set. If anyone knows of one please let me know. Report this Post to the Staff

artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 7:28 pm pm sent Report this Post to the Staff
wireman09 Pillar of the Community Canada 972 Posts	Posted 02/08/2014 7:56 pm Great looking set of vickies.I always enjoy seeing the pictures of other collectors coins and especially vickies. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
justanothercoinaddict Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 02/09/2014 11:49 am Great looking set of vickies.I always enjoy seeing the pictures of other collectors coins and especially vickies. Thanks for sharing. Thank you Wireman09, I'm glad to share them with the board. Collecting these coins is truly a labor of love and extreme patience. I started assembling this set in 2005 and it has taken this long to find original pieces that meet my criterion, that being relatively smooth surfaces without hairlines or really pronounced rim-dings. Long-time collectors of Victorian-era Canadian coins know that fifty-cent pieces were the workhorses of their day, which makes it extremely difficult to find examples that are not well-used. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10459 Posts	Posted 02/10/2014 12:03 am Nice. I saw that you had a PCGS registry set.... http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/pub...aspx?s=70308 "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
justanothercoinaddict Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 02/11/2014 3:32 pm Nice. I saw that you had a PCGS registry set.... I'm trying to catch up to the number 2 set but I'm having trouble finding examples that fit my specifications, and that I can afford. The number 1 set is miles ahead of me and will probably remain that way forever, unless I win the lottery.... Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10459 Posts	Posted 02/11/2014 6:55 pm Lantern Collection (a collector from Calgary) and Southern Cross tend to be fairly heavy hitters in the hobby. There is something to be said for 100% completion though, and you just need to send in your 1901. When I finally find my 1982 Constitution dollar in coinage strike, PCGS MS-64 or better - It will be a sad day for Lantern Collection, because grade wise, he'll never catch my dollar set.... (my weighted GPA is already considerably higher). http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/all...aspx?s=82059 "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 02/11/2014 7:15 pm Nice sets! How are the composition requirements for the registry sets determined? Why are some varieties,graded by PCGS,not included? I know that PCGS will acknowledge '72 A/V, yet it's not a variety included in the set requirement. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 02/11/2014 7:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
justanothercoinaddict Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 02/11/2014 8:57 pm Nice sets! How are the composition requirements for the registry sets determined? Why are some varieties,graded by PCGS,not included? I know that PCGS will acknowledge '72 A/V, yet it's not a variety included in the set requirement. The A/V is part of the registry set. The different obverse varieties are not however, probably because nobody has suggested it. I'm content with the basic set. Someday maybe I will work on the obverse varieties for the fun of it, but for now I'd like to make some headway on upgrading my current set. Report this Post to the Staff
giorgio11 Valued Member United States 406 Posts	Posted 02/15/2014 10:03 am Great coin Coin Addict! A wonderful demonstration of the virtues of persistence and frugality! Best Regards, George Report this Post to the Staff
justanothercoinaddict Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 02/15/2014 11:38 am Great coin Coin Addict! A wonderful demonstration of the virtues of persistence and frugality! Well George, I can't say that I have been too frugal with this set. When certified problem-free examples of the 1870 No LCW, 1890 and 1894 came along on ebay several years back I was prepared to pay whatever it took to acquire those dates, as they are extremely difficult. Two of them were Buy It Now and they were listed at 100% of Trends, which in looking back, seems like a bargain. I've been tempted to acquire one or two more lower grade problem-free 1890's but I have yet to find one that isn't marred by some sort of problem. This is the recurring theme of the entire Victorian fifty cents series. Report this Post to the Staff
lucv13 Valued Member Canada 413 Posts	Posted 02/19/2014 11:57 pm Those are awesome looking coins that I could only dream of having in that quality, good job :) Report this Post to the Staff
justanothercoinaddict Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 05/17/2014 2:12 pm I just acquired a PCGS-graded 1901 (VF30) and so now my Registry set is complete! Finally! Now to start upgrading! Edited by justanothercoinaddict 05/17/2014 2:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
halfdollardan Valued Member Canada 448 Posts	Posted 05/17/2014 2:20 pm awesome Report this Post to the Staff
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