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Hey guys! Ok so again, I don't know much about American coins. I know there are far more types and denominations than here in Canada. Canada being 151 years old it can be trying to just get a date set done dating back to 1858. It's got me wondering, the States has almost an additional 100 years on us so how difficult is it for you guys to finish a DATE set. I would imagine that there are some years out there that everyone has accepted they can and will never get. But aside from those rare ones, anyone ever finish a date set all the way back to confederation? Is it possible? Anyone close?
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It's possible and it's been done before. Even with the rarer years most of them will have one version that isn't to bad. For example if you look at Barber quarters an 1896 S is a couple grand in VF but an 1896 is only like 20 dollars. For most series it's just a specific date and mint that is a show stopper not the entire year. Now if you're trying to do a full date set of everything then there's still going to be some show stoppers like a 1796 Quarter or a real show stopper like a 1794 Dollar and an 1802 Half Dime is going to be brutal as well just to name a few. It'll cost a couple million minimum to do a full date set and realistically even if you went as cheap as possible it would be more like 10s of millions since things like the 1913 Liberty nickel will be over a million on their own. There currently are some people doing it spending big big bucks on it, some more publicly than others. For most collectors a date set of specific series is doable, but a complete date set of everything would cost far to much Edited by basebal21
08/05/2018 6:03 pm
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United States
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Probably would be easier to make a complete set of all currency used prior to the USA becoming the USA.  |
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United States
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It is possible, but it wouldn't be easy, and it would take a long time to do.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is possible, but it wouldn't be easy, and it would take a long time to do. A full date set from the start is not financially possible for 99% of people |
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United States
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Basebal21, yep. That's true. Would cost a lot of money to do a full date set. Thank you for adding in!   Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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First I am wondering what the Op means by a date set. To me a date set means one from each year for a single denomination. I have a date set of Morgan dollars, one from each year, 1878 - 1921. A complete set of Morgan dollars would be one from each mint. If talking about a complete set of U.S coins, cent through $20.00 gold, with every mint .... that would take crazy money to complete. Just doing a Dansco 7070 type set, with gold page, with better grade coins can cost 10k to 20k. |
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As a date set, I am talking about your initial thoughts. One coin representing each year since confederation to date or whatever date a particular denomination was introduced or retired. Rare dates (such as mintages that are super low or only 60 known examples or you can own but will cost you 25k for it) NOT included.
For sure once you start adding markings and varieties and errors, now you're into a different ball game.
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08/06/2018 1:44 pm
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United States
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Even a date set where one coin per issue date, 1792 to date would be out of my range. Every thing before 1800 gets costly at least for pleasing examples and there are a couple of dates after 1800 that would be tough for a poor collector like myself... |
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Canada
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"Pleasing" examples is the word now isn't it. I know when I had my previous collection there were a few coins I had that were less than "pleasing" but at least I had them. ;-).
One of my daughters has always enjoyed sorting through coins with me. Perhaps my collection one day may be passed to her. I think that for those expensive coins that most of us can't afford, if/when I pass down my collection and inheritance, I might just have to make it a rule that she has to use some of that inheritance to fill that/those holes. :-).
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United States
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I believe the closest you can get to a true date set of US coins is with cents; the rest of the denominations have numerous gaps, especially in the early 1800s and again in the 1920s-30s. 18th century US coinage as a rule is both scarce and highly sought after - even the more common dates in abysmal grade will cost you the better part of $100. Now, within a single type, date sets can be quite simple to acquire if you are not set on high grades or a single mint. I was able to complete a full set of memorial cents (all years and mints, no proofs and no varieties) from straight circulation in under a year back when I used cash daily. |
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Rest in Peace
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Canada
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I just checked out that link with the Morgans. That's a very sexy looking batch of coins I might say !!
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Depends on what you mean by a 'date set' - I have plenty if you consider only certain series. If the OP meant a date set of all USA coins - well ... that would be challenging indeed. |
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