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New Member
Canada
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As the thread title states, I am looking to begin putting together a denomination set. I'm not looking to do a common one though like Morgans. Something obscure like Half Cent, 2 cents, 3 cents, Half Dime, or maybe even Gold. I looked into the Gold Quarter Eagles due to them having both numismatic and bullion value and with gold being low, now would be the ideal time to get in. The one coin that worries me in that set though is the 1911-D. The rest of them seem quite doable in AU-55 to MS-60 which is the grade range I'm looking to purchase in. Anyhow, I kind of got off track. Recommendations for uncommon type sets? Looking to do them in AU-55 to MS-60 that won't break the bank with rarities. Edited by Spartan Hybrid
10/08/2015 11:17 am
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Valued Member
United States
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There are the one dollar gold coins from the 1800s and a few other denomination that had a short run.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
Look into a Danco 7070 Tupe Set album.
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Valued Member
Finland
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I think he means date set of some denomination, not type set (different by design or metal, not by date).
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Pillar of the Community
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Ah light dawns...
Type set can have several different meanings, but the most common would be a single example of each denomination or series of coin regardless of date. People will take a year or a range of years or even a century.
It doesn't really seem to be what you are talking about.
Rather it seems like you're trying to do a set of a single type of coin such as my $0.03 silver collection or a collection of gold quarter eagles. If that's what you're after great just understand that by putting the word type in there you are confusing people.
Back to your Quarter Eagles set - instead of trying to collect every date and mint mark combination what about just doing the year or trying to get one nice example for each mint regardless of year.
That might make a very cool set, although a little pricey. I do not have my reference books in front of me ( I'm on the hamster wheel) but my memory says that that's one of the few coins that was minted in both Dalonega Georgia and Denver Colorado.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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 United States
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I agree, sounds more like a date or date-mint set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh. So you're looking to do a set of some oddball type. Large cents in the VG-F-VF range are always a good idea. 3-cent pieces can be had fairly readily, as with Two Cents. A quarter eagle from each mint sounds like a good idea. There's someone on this forum who did that, bt with half eagles instead. |
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I apologize if I've confused anyone. I'm just getting back into collecting now that I have some extra money.  Thank you for the information though. I'll look around on different sites to see if there is a set I can work on for a reasonable price. EDIT: Thread title changed to avoid further confusion. Edited by Spartan Hybrid
10/08/2015 11:17 am
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EDIT: Thread title changed to avoid further confusion. Very good.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cool. Then you have to decide what YOU like. If you enjoy holding 200 year old Half Cents that were worth real goods in exchange in the early days of our country, then collect them. If you just see endless nitpicking over tiny details on ulgy brown blobs, then don't do it. I was doing a circulated typeset (coins in circulation as of 8:11am Central Time on 11Feb1861) and fell in love with the 3c silver so I detoured into those for a couple years. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Denomination set, maybe something like this?  |
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New Member
Canada
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GR58, That looks like a really cool set to put together, however I want to stick to one denomination of coins for now. I may possibly do something like that in the future, though.
After looking on various sites, I think I'm going to go with a Gold Quarter Eagle set from the Philadelphia mint in AU-55 to MS-60. I really like the recessed design of this series is why I picked it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Spartan and that sounds like a great choice. Keep us posted! Very nice set GR58. I hand't thought about that before. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good choice. Collect what you like. |
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United States
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Denomination set, maybe something like this? I love that image. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Started with a dime set back in the day, can be quite fun. Started with Capped Bust ended with clad. I just followed the Red Book. |
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