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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
i was considering collecting the 1932-1964 silver Washington quarter series and getting most of the coins in ms65 grade.being I dont have thousands of dollars to spend on coins I was considering collecting one example of each year either the p,d,s, of every year my question is how many of you collect like this getting one example of each year instead of all the mintmarks for every year. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, of course, you can say - collect what you like.. I don't think many people collect only one per year. But I have a tendency to like the idea. I have that Dansco album that holds all the Kennedy halves. Gee whiz, how many do you need? They all look alike, etc. The other thing is that if you just collect one of each year, you can always complete it later, if you want. But if you start collecting all the mint marks, you might become attached to them and it'll be difficult to go the other way. Edited by Kabiye_Lady
03/13/2008 01:30 am
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
Hi everyone, I have almost completed my silver Washington set. six to go and not the six you might think. Condition ranges from VF to MS. The only fine is the 32D. They are truly a handsome sight if I do say so myself. I am starting on MS clads to 1998 and have a good start on them. I have tried just a date set of Mercury dimes and finally decided to go for all. Same for the Liberty Walkers. Just couldn't stand the incompleteness. BUT am still contemplating spending over a thousand dollars for a not so attractive 1916D dime. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
I do it (date collect) for Morgan Dollars--I'll be happy with one from each year, but I get a few mintmarks as they become available. You can get a generic album and fill it any way you want.
Warning--the following statement contains a dose of the cold hard truth:
It's your collection, do what you want, it'll probably only matter to you and when you die most people will probably wonder what the hell you were thinking no matter how incredible it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
Collect what you want, how you want, and when you want. I don't like the albums with dates/mm already printed because they imply that's the only way to collect. Baloney.
The only person you have to please is you. Go for it!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It doesn't really matter how you do it, all personal preference. Nothing wrong with assembling a year set and it makes tackling a really hard series, like Morgan dollars, doable. Albums usually have slots for all the date and mint mark combinations but you can buy a blank denomination album and just create a date set that way. The series would be relatively inexpensive as a date set since you have budget constraints. You could even decide to finish the Washington quarter series after you finish a date set. I personally am working on a Washington silver set(about 2/3 of the way there) and to get them in MS65 pre-WWII is very difficult and expensive. My set is mostly MS63/4 with some 65s thrown in, a few AUs on branch mint early dates and the 32D & 32S are F12. I do not have the 36D yet but it will be the nicest EF I can find since it jumps way up in AU so I will finish with only three coins in less than AU condition. |
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Valued Member
United States
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It's hard; I am a completist so I will collect them all. You shouldn't feel like you have to do that; it's a matter of personality. But if there's a list of anything (I collect autographs, so it's a credit list for me) I feel like I have to check them off (I think they call it OCD- Obsessive Compulstive Disorder).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
you can always get one from each year then once you have that completed start on the same set and just add the mint marks that you didn't get in the first place and pretty soon you will have a date/mint mark set
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Valued Member
United States
263 Posts |
My late mother, God bless her, was a life long collector of coins. She also had the only coin shop in the small town where I was raised. She didn't want to be a dealer; it was necessary to feed her coin habit. As a result, I became infected with the coin collecting habit early in my life. My first completed mint/date set was Standing Liberty quarters. While my mother went through hundreds of bags of quarters and filled dozens of Whitman folders of Washington quarters I was collecting SLQ's. Mother warned me that some of those coins were over $100 each; but I wouldn't listen. By 1966, when I left home to seek my fortune, I had only two holes in my SLQ set. I was missing the coveted 1916 and the elusive 1918/7 S. Skip forward 40 plus years... Last year I spent time and money upgrading my SLQ set and I purchased or traded for a nice 1916 in VF20 and a very nice 18/7 S in XF40. Do not be afraid to collect what you want. Do what pleases your "inner collector". But be aware that your goals my change over time and having a full date/mint set may be a compelling mind set. My problem has always been the same. I hate HOLES! I hate them... Today, after completing 18 sets of "coin stuff" I find that I have ...holes....several hols at the end pages of my Dansco albums. Currently I am obsessed with collecting errors and varieties to fill these holes! WARNING: This disease is progressive.... afernbaugh Edited by afernbaugh
03/14/2008 06:18 am
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New Member
United States
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I'm primarily a date/mintmark collector for the 10 or so sets I've completed or am currently working on. I am also completing a MS Washington quarter silver & clad set (avg. MS64, the 32D & S are XF, and I'll probably go with an XF 36D as well). I have 17 of the early, pricier ones left - but they all sure do look nice in the Dansco :) It's a heavy book, too! I found that once I started, I wanted to just go ahead and complete all the dates & mintmarks, since for this series it's actually doable within reason. The OCD kicked in as well.) Now that I'm nearing completion with these, I'm glad I did it this way. Again, depending on the series, it may or may not make financial sense. For example, a date/mintmark set of Barber quarters just isn't an option for me, but a date set is something I've toyed with for a while... |
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
Scott if you you want to collect all Ms65 Washington silver quarters .Your going to be spending big money for a complete set .May want to consider P series to start . Or a lower grade set . Seeking .Trying to help . Rainman  |
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Valued Member
United States
130 Posts |
IMO, it's not the destination you'll remember, it's the journey. Go after those coins to complete the set but I'll bet you will remember the chase more warmly than the finale.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1501 Posts |
Like others have already stated, it's your collection, you make the rules. I too have a year set of the Kennedy's '64-'08 but then I have a mint mark set for the Morgan dollars (just one each cc, o, p, s, d ) and that's just fine. I always look, and who wouldn't want them all, but in the final analysis it's what makes you happy.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You may eventually find that the greatest amount of coin collectors use either a coin folder or a coin album. These are not necessarily the so called professional collectors, but just the majority. Lots and lots and lots of kids collect coins and they usually put them in a folder of album. Therefore those collectors are dictated as to what they collect by the named slots in such items. If there are slots for all mints, then that is what is needed for the completed set. Many coin collectors do as they wish and collect coins in plastic holders (slabs), some in just 2x2's, some in 1-1/2x1-1/2" sizes of flips and then into those 20 holder plastic sheets.
I would suspect, not sure, that everyone I know collects in Albums. Therefore we are all stuck into collecting what either Whitman or Dansco says we should collect.
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New Member
United States
48 Posts |
Exactly what just carl mentioned is why I am on the hunt for the perfect coin album. I don't want to be forced to collect what someone else tells me I should. Like a number of other posters have stated, "I HATE HOLES".  I currently only have two Dansco Albums, the 7070 US Type Collection (with page 6 for modern coins, but not page 5 for gold) and the album for my AES uncirculated set, which gets added to each year. The other sets I'm working on are in a combination of AirTite albums (not a great solution), and 2x2s stuck in the flimsy 3-ring binder plastic sheets. I am currently investigating whether any of the Eagle commemorative encapsulated holder albums, or some of the albums from Lighthouse will allow me to use the AirTites holders I like, and provide a better way to display my coins.  Edited by FHDave
03/17/2008 2:38 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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I collect date/mintmark and have fallen into the "I collect what the album tells me" trap that just carl mentions. It is not so bad for collecting the modern series, except for the LHC where that hole for 1922-D "Plain" annoys me. I will eventually fill it with a weak-D just because I can!  |
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Posted 03/13/2008 06:10 am
