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I don't actively collect anything produced after I was born, so I've never pursued a birth year set. I have been adding to a birth year minus 100 year set throughout the years.
There were 36 different US minted coins (denomination and mintmarks) that year.
I was curious as to how many were produced in my actual birth year, then I extended that thought to 50 years prior to my birth and 50 years after my birth.
So, here's the numbers. I have included only business strikes.
100 years prior to birth 36 issues.
50 years prior to birth 26 issues.
Birth year 10 issues.
50 years after my birth 36 issues.
What stands out to me? 100 years before I was born, there were 21 gold coins issued by mint and denomination.
50 years before I was born, there were 12 gold coins issued by mint and denomination.
By the time I was born, gold had gone away.
50 years after I was born, there were 5 different quarter designs, 5 different circulating dollar designs and a whole mess of bullion in silver, gold and platinum.
Next up, I'm going to look at NCLT items for these years. I will include al commems and all bullion issued by the US Mint.
Edited by joecoin
04/06/2019 09:02 am
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@jc, that is an interesting concept. Another CCF member here, @collects82, has extended this idea to collecting coins with all dates that end in the last two digits of his birth year. Of course, he has spread out beyond just US coins, but seems to be somewhat similar to what you are describing. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I did just my birth year for US coins. For me that came to 16 coins: -- 3 cents -- 3 nickels -- 3 dimes -- 3 quarters -- 4 half dollars (there is one Red Book variety) -- 0 commemoratives Plus I pulled down my Krause 20th century world coins catalog and did my birth year worldwide. I'm close to completion but there are some that I can't reasonably expect to get. There are a number of very high priced struck that year. One example: Vatican City had 5 gold coins. Those are not in my "reasonable" range. |
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Why not try for 200 year anniversary ones too? Then next 300 and then 400 years, etc.
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@kanga,
I started collecting my birth year by any coin anytime any country, but my organizational skills are less than stellar.
That was a long time ago, I may revisit the idea.
Thanks.
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@just carl,
Stop spending my money! :)
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Birth year set for me (1978) was easy thanks to the existence (and dirt cheap price) of 1978 Proof and Mint sets. I've mostly completed my 1878 (-100 years) birth set. The "stoppers" are the 3 cents, 5 cents and most of the gold. The 1878 3 cent/5 cent are proof only issues and quite expensive. The 1878 Gold $1 is a semi-key date; the 1878 gold $3 is a "common" date for the series but a four figure coin in any collectible grade. 1878-dated $5, $10, and $20 gold pieces are readily available but way more money than I can spend. Completed so far (various mints:) 1878 Indian Head cent1878 Liberty Seated dime1878 Liberty Seated quarter1878 Liberty Seated half dollar1878 Trade dollar1878 Morgan dollar1878 Liberty Head $2.50 Gold Quarter Eagle I don't own any coins dated 1778 (or 1678, 1578..) 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
04/07/2019 7:15 pm
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Although I have a couple of gold pieces, none of them happen to be my birth year minus 100.
Without looking, I'd say I'm halfway completed with the 15 non gold coins. I doubt I'll ever complete the gold portion.
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04/08/2019 06:05 am
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I think for me this would be a very incomplete set. Think 67. Many of these are out of my price range and forget the gold. It is an interesting collecting concept though. Good luck with it.
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