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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
Is there a particular series or denomination of classic coins that you do NOT collect? I consider myself to have a fairly large collection but only a handful of Barber coinage. This series has just never been appealing to me. I'm curious to see if other collectors just don't have a interest in a particular series and why. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
I do not have much interest in the Barber coinage. It's too boring for my taste. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
637 Posts |
I don't know why, but I am not exactly turned on by Barber coinage either. Just about anything else fits well into my collection, some better than others. I do have some Barbers, don't get me wrong, but they just don't have much appeal to me for one reason or another. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
Gold. Just not enough money  I love Barber coinage though, exept that it is widely collected and sometimes you can buy a decent Seated Liberty quarter for the same amount of a Barber quarter in a coresponding grade with a similar mintage. That being said, seated and bust coins are my favorite series of the 1800's. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree the design is rather bland - the last series where more than one denomination bore the same features.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
Gold and while I absolutely love a few of my barbers I could never really seeing me want to complete a collection of them. I'm more drawn to the Art Deco coins and Seated coinage. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
Morgan's are my favorite but I have given up on my barber sets....id rather sell them....they are just so hard and expensive to get in conditions past fine condition
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2130 Posts |
Nice to see that a few others think like I do. Thankfully I never even got started with Barber's and I have avoided them all together.
My favorite series would be Capped Bust coinage. There is just not a prettier design on a classic coin in my opinion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1307 Posts |
Barber sets are not for the faint of heart. The last three sets I started were the Barber dime, quarter & most recently the half. I was successful in completing the dime, short two coins on the quarters, and just getting started on the halves. The way I got into most of my later sets, I just had the coins sitting around in cigar boxes, and finally decided to do something with them. I just bought my first two halves this week. They are beautiful coins in high grades, but the slicks are not all that desirable. |
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 United States
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I was only interested in the Barber keys like the 1895-O Dime. I'm not really into Seated coinage but really like the Liberty Head nickels. In fact, I'm working on a set now :-) swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
Do not collect Indian quarter eagles, half, or eagles, very boring coins.
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Valued Member
United States
288 Posts |
I don't get into most gold, other than a type coin or 2. It is very challenging to complete any Barber set, but I find myself more attracted to them since finding the albums and a G+ 1895-O dime in a junk bin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
I REALLY like the classic gold designs. They are just too expensive for my budget. I like picking classic gold up when I find a decent deal but that is about it. I have been stuck on Capped Bust quarters for a while now. Kind of surprises me. At last count I was up to 20+ problem free CBQ's. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
Dimes.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
I'm thinkin the models for the Barbers and Morgan's had to be sisters...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
I have a large sign tagged to my monitor that says "If it ain't purity - don't buy it at ANY price." That sums up what I don't buy in classic US.
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Posted 01/16/2016 6:38 pm
