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I filled the first page of my STQ collection those from 1930 to 1926. I think my collection is going to be in the VG grade on the whole. It is just too hard and too expensive to get better quality coins. If I could just get them all in Fine condition except for the 1916 I would be pretty happy. These coins got used. Even later dates were used a lot. It is going to take me some time to fill all those holes in my Dansco book. The 1916 is worth all the others combined. If I wait to get them all in EF condition I will at the VA cemetery.
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Pillar of the Community
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You have yourself a formidable challenge.
I wish you the best of luck making it happen completely even at a lower grade.
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Rest in Peace
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terry8835 said, Quote:
If I wait to get them all in EF condition I will at the VA cemetery. First let me say thank you for serving.  Second, is this funny or serious? The funny / serious aspect , we all want a 1916. The serious. Are you ok? |
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Rest in Peace
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I find that the SLQ series is very hard to put together in decent mid circulated grades.
availability and price are the culprits. as nice looking as they are ; it might be more economical to venture into another denomination or series.
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Best of luck! The SLQ is probably top 3 favorite coin for me. The first time I cast my eyes on my father's SLQ set, he took me down into the basement of the bank, and into the safe deposit boxes. I couldn't of been more than 4 or 5, but I still remember it some 45 years later. I have a small cigar box about half full of SLQ's, along with a complete set, void the 1916. One thing about my dad's set, even though it was not complete, had/has a bunch of acid date coins, I hate those things!
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Oh, I am fine. I will complete the set even if all the scare ones are just in good condition. All it takes is money. I just completed my Franklin and Peace dollar set. I completed Liberty Walker set. LSQ is easier than complete Morgan silver dollar set or Saint-Gaudens set by far. Next it will be Mercury dimes and Buffalo nickels. The coins of my youth. I have had PTSD and effects from Agent Orange for years. |
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...acid date with coins... I was always under the impression that muriatic acid, for example, could not enhance 90% silver coinage because of the inert properties of silver. It must've been something else that appeared on the SLQ. I have had excellent success, however, uncovering dates on Buffalo nickels, for example, but they were obviously not silver. |
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I like the look of SLQ's.
Great design.
I just can't get myself to collect them.
I like to complete sets and the 1916 would drive me nuts knowing that it would be highly unlikely that I'd ever get one.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The SLQ is among my top 3 design favorites in US coinage, along with the Buffalo nickel and the $10 Indian. But they don't look so good in the lower grades, which makes it tough to buy the early ones once you've bought a later one in, say, XF or AU. |
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Coinfrog
Yes, even later ones don't look that wonderful unless you can find them in EF or AU. I got a 1927-D in VG condition. That is a pretty low mintage coin. It looks not that great. Why is the 1923-S worth more than 1927-D when the 1923 has higher mintage than the 1927? Both 27-S and 27-D have low mintage and are worth less than both 23-S and 1921 which have higher mintage?
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Good luck on this.......th SLQ is by far my favorite coin design of all-time. Should not be too hard getting the 25-30 in high grades, depending on your budget, of course.
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It's a tough set even in circulated grades. The problem was from 1916-1924 where the dates wore off easily, thus leaving a good amount of them dateless. I filled the 1916 slot in the Dansco with a P mint Barber, so all I have remaining is 1919-D and 1923-S.
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06/28/2015 8:41 pm
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SLQ's are my favorite coin. I am down to the last one. Start with what you can afford. I have slowly upgraded my main set and in the process created 8 other near complete sets  Be sure to check out the Days Of thread (which I can;t find the link for at this time but I am sure someone else will chime in with the link) |
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Read your post, and thought I'd share the set I completed some years back. Been sitting in the bank box all this time, and the only scans I have are the ones I took of the obverse album pages when it was completed. You'll notice its a well circulated set - I was okay with that then, and I'm okay with it now.....can't afford an uncirculated set of most any type of coin, so I collect what I can afford, and enjoy every coin I collect. Oh, and you'll notice there's no 1916 either - can't reach deep enough into my pocket to afford one. Welcome home brother from one vet to another.   Edited by Ralph
06/28/2015 9:22 pm
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Another book that looks like it needs a 1916 Philly mint Barber in that slot :)
It's the poor man's 1916...of which I count myself.
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06/28/2015 9:31 pm
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Ralph
That is a nice set of LSQ's. I am going to get the 1916 LSQ. It may be the last coin I fill in my set but I am going to get it. Then I can move on. I do get obsessed with filling all the holes.
DoubleEagle20
I understand your love of the Philly mint Barber, but it is not a 1916 LSQ.
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