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New Member
United States
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I am finishing up my Roosie uncirculated set and want to get started on a new set as I wrap this one up. I am thinking a halves set, but wanted the communities opinion. Franklin's or Kennedy's? I am leaning toward Franklin's as the main search. Kennedy's can easily be found in gem quality and I can always pick up one hear and there, but silver content is limited. (I know Ill get yelled at by numismatics from that comment  ) I am always working on a quality Peace set, and I am not looking at Morgan for my own reasons. Any thoughts form the community? Any sets (medium acquisition costs) that would be recommend I may not be considering? No dimes for now. Edited by Wander
02/21/2014 06:46 am
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Valued Member
Australia
315 Posts |
Honestly, it is up to you what YOU choose to purchase. You are the one that has to buy them. Regardless of which way you go, The higher the better in grades if you intend on getting a return in the future
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New Member
 United States
36 Posts |
Please understand I mean no disrespect and agree with you entirely. I did expect general "buy what you like" responses. Just thought someone might have opinions on the matter.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
I'm currently working on both series. My Kennedy's are almost complete and Franklins are just really getting going. I went with busting up mint & proof sets for the Kennedy's because I could find many years near face value. This let me buy duplicates of the same years to cherry pick higher quality coins. It also led me to start albums for the rest of the series in the sets since I had most of them anyways. For my Franklins I like to look for interesting toned pieces that give each one personality. Please keep us posted on whatever you decide.
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New Member
United States
36 Posts |
A Franklin toned all toned set would be interesting. If anything that would just be a great set to view.
Good thought on busting the sets for you Kennedy collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Hey Wander, Congrats on completing the roosie collection. I am still piecing mine together but have thought about my next collection to be Franklins. They just appeal to me more and I love silver coins so I am sold on them. Consaus was trying to say above is if Kennedys are appealing to you then you should start that collection next for you will enjoy it more than a member here giving you a suggestion. Now my 2 cents is if cost is an issue and silver is out you can do sets like the State Quarter set or parks quarters set. It really depends on you. What I would do is look at different sets of coins in gem proof, BU and deep cameo strikes and find what you like and then go for it. I am always partial to deep cameo strikes and my first completed set was the Jefferson nickel 2004 - 2006 set. To me the more detail a coin has in the strike the better it looks in deep cam condition. Ok I am done rambling :). |
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Valued Member
United States
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Just throwing this out there:
I'm not a fan of either Franklins or Kennedys. For me, the most fun I've had so far is putting together an uncirculated Jefferson set. Not too many key dates, nothing too crazy expensive, and you can find some really neat ones out there for pretty darn cheap. There's also a couple of error coins that can be obtained fairly easily if you want to expand on it.
My guess is you'll have fun no matter what way you go - Franklins, Kennedys, Peace, Nickels, or heck, I loved putting my Lincoln set together (still missing two, VDB S and 09 S). Good luck!!
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New Member
United States
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I consulted some collecting buddies and made my decision. Peace dollars supplemented by the Kennedy set. The Kennedy's really appeal to me, and I can find the non-silver at near face uncirculated. This will be something I can pick up cheaply here and there while taking my time searching for good values on Peace dollars. I dont know about everyone else, but I am too OCD to focus on more than one or two sets at a time. I still like to pick up nice coins at bottom prices when I find them, but those randoms usually end up in my local coin club auctions. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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US Large Cents? JK....Keep going back in time on the dimes....I would go Mercs!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
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For me, the most fun I've had so far is putting together an uncirculated Jefferson set Telestrat27 +1 on Jeffersons. Out of all my sets this was my favorite to put together and is the one I pull out the most to look at! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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how about if I say start with a Canadian denom.........say 25 c ....then maybe good challenge for yu,,,since 1992 there has been a lot of Ca quarters ........(99& 00 plenty years)...
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Moderator
 United States
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I am leaning toward Franklin's as the main search. Go with this. It is a very easy set to complete. |
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Valued Member
 United States
306 Posts |
Franklin set with full bell lines.
#1. Price of silver is low making it a good time to buy this set.
#2. There are no stoppers, all are available under 1K
#3. Someone told me and I don't doubt it, that Kennedy's mintage in 1964 was equal to the entire Franklin series mintage.
#4. Trying to put together a set of FBL is a challenge
#5. The full cost of a Franklin set without proofs is about 1K
Have fun and choose the series that will hold your interest over the years.
Terrell
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I love the Franklin set I put together. As jbuck said, it's pretty easy to complete in circulated quality. FBL will make it a bit more of a challenge, as tepritts mentioned, but still relatively affordable. That said, I'm a big fan of the Kennedy halves as well... choices, choices... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Franklins - can get nice looking coins for only a little over melt
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Franklins - can get nice looking coins for only a little over melt I agree with that. At coin shows I see them all the time. And too, prices are not that bad. |
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