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What are the cheaper US coin sets to complete? Looking for US coins that are not minted anymore. Thanks ST *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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I completed my set of 1959-2008 LMC cents for $1.04. If you are just talking in the scope of " US coins that don't have a dead president, politician, or national hero" on them, you are probably looking at Buffalo nickels... I think a complete set in VF or better will run $150-250ish, or more if you want the 3 legged buffalo. Every other set I can think of has some very pricey key dates. |
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Well lets see; there are wooden Nickels not too hard to complete a set . Then there's the dated Chuckie cheese coins , they would make some uncirculated mint set .   Seriously , how about Franklin halves or SBA's . |
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You can always do date sets where you collect one coin from each year and disregard mint marks.
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I like Walking Liberty halves...it was fun because there were 65 or so (can't remember exactly) to have to get, which meant I could have fun for a long time. Also a great many were very common. The single most expensive in circulated condition was 200 or so, but a great many were less than 10. |
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Franklin halves are easy enough. I know you are looking for sets that are not made anymore. If you consider silver Roosevelt dimes to fall into this category, they are a very easy set to do as well.
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What coins do you like? If you don't like them any set is hard to complete
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Flying Eagle cents ( business Strikes) Two Cent Piece Regular business strike date set Silver War Nickels Peace dollars in Circ. Really depends on what your tastes and basic budget are. For some ten bucks is a lot for others thousands is nothing. Just remember to have fun collecting whatever you do.
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SBA dollars, takes about a day to complete. Then start on the Ikes.
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10/20/2016 4:43 pm
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Flying Eagle cents are not easy, there's that pesky 1856. There's a few rather hard dates for 2 cent pieces too. Peace dollars are large silver and cost a lot of money just from that (and the key dates are even more expensive). I agree about War Nickels, SBAs and Ikes - all of those make nice short easy sets. Franklin halves are a longer version of the same (aside from the expenses of being large silver). Ditto silver Roosevelt dimes, and to a lesser extent Buffalo nickels. Do the old-style Jefferson nickels count as "coins that are not minted anymore"? Then that, definitely. Lincoln Memorial cents, too, but that's perhaps too easy. A bit of an offbeat suggestion if you have a bit more money: Braided Hair large cents. There's only one real major key, the 1857, and even it goes for under $200 in lower grades - they're that unpopular. See also an earlier thread on a similar topic - where I got there first, and made a more detailed reply.
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What price range, what grade range? Do you consider a complete run to include proofs for series that the last years were proof only? You can wiggle out of a few problems, like Flying Eagle cents by not considering 1856 to be part of the series since it is technically a pattern. |
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The 1856 FE cent may technically be a pattern, but it is still the holy grail of any Flying Eagle cent collector. With an estimated mintage of around 1,000 (opinions vary), it is certainly collectible, and I doubt any one putting this short series together would be happy for long without it!  |
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LWH dollars are not that cheap or easy to complete if you want coins in anything besides good condition. I do agree they are great coins to collect but getting early ones in VF and above condition is expensive and not so easy. Peace dollars are good and so are Buffalo nickels if you stick to VF or F condition and forget about the error coins. Mercury dimes are pretty easy to do except for 1916-D and a few others. It really depends on the condition of the coins you want for your collection. The Franklin silver half dollar is a good coin if you collect it in Mint condition. With most of the early 20th century silver coins there are a few dates that are key dates and expensive. For some crazy reason I started collecting LSQ's and Morgans. Getting really high grade LSQ's is not easy and a couple of them will set you back serious money, but a great coin. Morgans are a journey to the heart of darkness as far as your bank account is concerned. To me after the silver coins that were first minted in 1916 the mint began to coin huge numbers of coins which makes them worth just a little more than melt value in the real world. All the modern clad coins are crap to me except a few of the Ikes. |
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I think going with a type set can be a lot of fun, a lot of different coins to collect, and it doesn't have to break the bank to complete whatever type set you decide to do. I am working on one back to Capped bust, and its been fun.
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