How Much Would A San Francisco AU Type Set Cost To Put Together?

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Donnie Darko New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 06/01/2017 11:40 pm I'd like to eventually put together a set of every type coin ever produced by the San Francisco mint. The date doesn't matter. What types would be the most expensive/difficult to find? I know the $20 gold pieces of course will cost a lot, as well as the $3 gold piece. Report this Post to the Staff

january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 02:52 am Well, the 1908-S and 1909-S IHCs are famous key dates. The 1909-S VDB even more so (assuming you count the VDB as its own type - not all do). 1912-S V nickel even more than the other two (Numismedia FMV $1260 in AU-50). Shouldn't be more expensive that the large gold, however. Some types just didn't have that high mintages. The total mintage of the three S-mint dates of With Motto Seated dollars is 9,012 - of which 9,000 is a single date (1872-S), and the other two might as well not exist. Ironically enough, most of the gold types don't appear to be that rare. Nothing I could find would beat five digits in AU-50 (not even the Seated Liberty dollars). Well, at least you didn't choose the New Orleans mint. Some of those guys are crazy rare... Report this Post to the Staff
dollarcoinman Valued Member 51 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 1:05 pm Donnie Darko to the community. Report this Post to the Staff
coinlover1899 Pillar of the Community United States 3058 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 1:45 pm 1870 S Dollar will cost you hundreds of thousands. Edited by coinlover1899 06/02/2017 1:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 2:04 pm Grab a Red Book and you can choose what you want to include in YOUR type set in an afternoon. What you decide to include will greatly affect prices. For example, do you want any seated example for each denomination or do you want motto and no motto, or even arrows as added? Pick what you like. It doesn't need to be a set according to some other standard. You can add more as you progress. Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 4:57 pm Quote: 1870 S Dollar will cost you hundreds of thousands. IF you can even find one. PCGS claims only 12 are known to exist. . Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 5:05 pm Wait, wait - I thought the poster was interested in a type set, not a date set. So for LWC, it could be 1919-S or even 1954-S, and so on. The LS dollar with motto could be the 1872-S, not necessarily the 1870-S. Or am I wrong here? Edited by Coinfrog 06/02/2017 7:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 7:31 pm It's going to get really expensive if you add in the Pan Pacific Exposition Commemorative $50 coins that were produced at the San Francisco Mint in 1915. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 7:49 pm Any $3 gold SF coin in AU is going to be a killer. Report this Post to the Staff
Donnie Darko New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 8:56 pm I think I might exclude commemoratives, unless I become uber-rich or something. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 9:27 pm OP wants a type set, not a date set, so any date will do as long as it is an S mint coin of that type. Coinfrog has it. (n.b. if OP accepts problem coins this may be doable for quite a bit less, but who really wants a problem coin type set?) Let's see...assuming a 55 average grade, and in a big 3 TPG slab, and common dates when possible, 1908-S Indian Head cent in AU55: $225 Any common S mint LWC in AU55: $1 or less Any common S mint LMC in AU55: $1 or less 1912-S V nickel in AU55: $1500 Any common S mint Buffalo in AU55: $10-$13 Any common S mint Jeff (pre-1964) in AU55: $1 or less Any common S mint War Jeff in AU55: $5 Any common S mint post-war Jeff in AU55: $1 or less Type coin S mint LS Half Dime Type 4 in AU55: $200 Type coin S mint Lib Seated dime Type 3 in AU55: $3000 (1858) "" for Type 5 in AU55: $100 or less Common date S mint Barber dime in AU55: $100-$120 Common date S mint Mercury dime in AU55: $5 or less Common date S mint Roosevelt dime in AU55: $3 or less 1875-S 20c in AU55: $425 Type 2 Lib Seated 25c in AU55: $2250 (1865) Type 5 in AU55: $175 (1891) Type 6 (w/arrows) AU55: $700-$900 Common date Barber 25c S mint in AU55: $200-$250 1917-S SLQ Type 1 in AU55: $275 Common date SLQ Type 2 25c S mint in AU55: $75 (1930) Common date Silver Washington 25c S mint in AU55: Less than $3 Seated 50c Type 2 in AU55: $325-$375 (e.g. 1860-S) Seated 50c Type 5 in AU55: $225-$275 Seated 50c Type 6 in AU55: $1500 (1873-S) Common date Barber 50c S mint in AU55: $500-$600 1917-S Walking Liberty 50c S mint (obv) in AU55: $2,000 -ouch... Common date Walking Liberty 50c S mint (reverse) in AU55: Less than $10 Common date Franklin 50c S mint in AU55: Less than $25 Now it starts to get a bit spendy... 1859-S Seated $1 in AU55: $5500 1872-S Seated $1 in AU55: $6000 1877-S Trade $1 in AU55: $450 Common date S mint Morgan $1 in AU55: $40 or less Common date S mint Peace $1 in AU55: $40 or less Silver S mint Ike $1 in AU55: $10 or less Clad S mint SBA $1 in AU55: $2 or less Gold and such...second or third mortgage on the house. Gold $1 Type 1 in AU55: $1500 (1854-S) Gold $1 Type 2 in AU55: $3500 (1856-S) Gold $1 Type 3 in AU55: $1750 (1859-S) Gold $2.50 common date in AU55: $350 Gold $3 in AU55: $4500 (1856-S) Gold $5 Lib Type 1 in AU55: $7500-$8000 (1858-S) Gold $5 Lib Type 2 in AU55: $500 (1878-S) Indian $5 in AU55: $600 (1916-S) Gold $10 Lib Type 1 in AU55: $2600 (1856-S) Gold $10 Lib Type 2 in AU55: $675 (1901-S) Gold Indian $10 in AU55: $1000 (1916-S) Gold $20 Lib Type 1 in AU55: $4000 (1858-S) Gold $20 Lib Type 2 in AU55: $1500 (1874-S) Gold $20 Lib Type 3 in AU55: $1300 (1904-S) Gold Saint $20 in AU55: $1200-$1300 (1916-S) $1 ASE "S mint": bullion I'm leaving out territorial, foreign, and commemoratives. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 06/02/2017 9:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 9:35 pm Coinfrog, that was my thought; I was a bit surprised to see that a Liberty Head Gold $5 type 1 in AU55 might actually be MORE expensive than the Gold $3 in the same grade. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 9:46 pm Go for the hardest to find, or the most expensive coins first. That's what I did with an Australian gold type set, comprising 17 gold coins, which included the Adelaide Pound. All of the seven half sovereigns were of the Sydney Mint. Report this Post to the Staff
Donnie Darko New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 06/02/2017 9:59 pm Wow, this is gonna be more expensive than I thought! Well I am fairly young at 27 so I have a good 50-60 years to finish it. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 06/03/2017 02:29 am Quote: Coinfrog, that was my thought; I was a bit surprised to see that a Liberty Head Gold $5 type 1 in AU55 might actually be MORE expensive than the Gold $3 in the same grade. That's because you missed the 1856-S $5, which is a lot more common. The Seated dollars are the most expensive coins on the list. The rest of your list looks about right, however. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/03/2017 09:06 am January, thanks! I will have to fix that. What does an AU55 1856-S go for? Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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