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Valued Member
United States
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I had about 20 some odd twenty-five cent pieces stashed away for no apparent reason so I decided to put them in an album.
Most of them were raw but I'll be cracking out an 1875-H in a PCGS G06 holder and a nice 1870 in an ICCS EF45 holder to add to it. So, I'm off and running with the following dates and about 65+ to go:
1870, 1872-H, 1874-H, 1880 Narrow O, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890-H, 1891, 1892, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1917, 1918 and 1929.
I told myself I wasn't going to start another album since my Large Cents and Ten Cents album have so many open holes, but here I go again. How do I stop this compulsion to start more albums when I haven't completed any? I guess it's a rhetorical question LOL.
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You already have some good key dates... 1887 is a tough coin in any grade.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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I think holstering them is a good way to spend time with the coins you have. That's what I do to take a break from searching to buy more. Untill your done all you have is wholes to fill. Which means back to shopping.lol
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Valued Member
United States
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In the last month I've started a Newfound Type Set and an Ike/Anthony set. & Like you I've got plenty of empty holes in my other collections. It's a compulsion.
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Canada
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So what would you do if you had all them empty holes filled, twiddle your thumbs lol, the nice thing about collecting is no one can say when that job has to be done lol, so a day at a time and a coin at a time. I have a huge collection of toned nickel Canadian coins, all denominations of Canadian silver coins, 3 U.S. binders, Canadian large cent binder, old Spanish silver coins, tokens, perhaps a total of over 5000 coins. The Canadian small cent collection including errors and varieties is alone about a thousand strong. Trust me there's lot's of holes in this collection to fill. All it takes is one coin to start a new direction to add to the many lol.
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Valued Member
 United States
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So what would you do if you had all them empty holes filled, twiddle your thumbs
If they were all filled I guess I'd start yet another album! At the rate I am finding coins that fit my criterion I will be dead without completing any of the projects I have going with the exception of my five cent silvers and officially this will never be completed either because of the 1921. I've been looking for over two years for a problem-free 1887 and 1885 Large 5, to no avail.
My biggest challenge is to try to find decent Canadian coins at U. S. shows. For example I've attended two small-to-medium sized shows here in Florida in the last month and could only find one nice piece for any of my albums, a gem 1966 business strike twenty-five center. Unfortunately I'm nearly 1,600 miles from the Canadian border so a nice road trip is out of the question....
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10/28/2015 1:28 pm
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justanothercoinaddict... you are what is called..A coin alcoholic...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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justanothercoinaddict........that would be a tough go collecting south of the Canadian border for sure, perhaps most of your coins would be with an extensive amount of shipping costs. Good for you to take on the Canadian coins. Mind you I have heard of some benefit down there is that thry can be picked up for way less than face in most cases. Good luck with your hunting. Cheers.
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New Member
United States
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Wow nice! I have a large and small cents album, but the quarters seem so rare, it not worth collecting in book form
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow nice! I have a large and small cents album, but the quarters seem so rare, it not worth collecting in book form
It's not so much that they're rare, it's just that finding them in problem-free condition is a major challenge. For example, all of my Victorian quarters, which range from AG for the 1887, to XF45, for the 1870, are all free of rim blemishes, problems and major marks. This is my criteria for Victorian-era coins in general. Mind you that I collected my problem-free pieces over a period of [i]ten years[i]!
For Edward VII I'm looking for problem-free pieces with a complete band on the crown. Very tough to find pieces that fit the bill here as well. George V problem-free pieces in XF are what I seek, and again, they just aren't out there. Elizabeth II need to be problem-free and in AU or better, and even those aren't readily available in spite of large mintages.
I guess my real problem is that I am extremely picky. There's nothing worse in album collecting with having a problem coin mixed in with the good stuff....
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Pillar of the Community
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I started with penny nickels and quarters have now completed 1 cent lg sm 5 cent 1858 to 2015 10 cent 25 cent 50 cent1 dollar all provincial US 1 cent and 5 cent 1857 to date including all ncl plus 100 dollar gold.
And you think you have a problem
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