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I recently came across a Mercury dime set which has all the coins except for the 16D. I'm honestly tempted, the price is much lower than buying all the coins together, comes in a nice Dansco album and has most key dates (except for the 16D). Have you ever thought about buying an almost complete set? Or do you like getting individual coins? |
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Yes, I have, but not recently. I was tempted by a complete Ike Dansco at a coin show once. Having two completed Ike Dansco albums had some appeal at the time. I somewhat regret it since it was a good price, but I have since overcome the regret by building the graded set.
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The only complete run, a BU 1938 to 2002 Jefferson nickel in a Dansco, because the price was right. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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Yeah, the price is right is a good motivator.
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I bought a complete set of V nickels with all the key dates included once. Still have it. |
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It depends on your finance level. Well circulated Lincoln, uncirculated Jefferson, Roosevelt, are fairly low priced. Washington quarters are rarely offered as anything but a range of circulated to mint state. Kennedy halves used to be an easy set before there were many multiples of intentional "scarce" issues. Ikes can still be found in various mint state sets, as can SBA. The point is that the easy sets in easy grades are most frequently encountered. Unless you are buying them cheap, the chance of a profit on any of those is small. Most collectors all end up with the same list of coins still needed for any of those. The scarce or uncommon better dates in collectable grades are the only ones worth attempting to sell most of the time. There have been big buck complete sets of Morgan's or Peace sold, but that doesn't happen frequently and you have to have a thick wallet. Same for Walkers, Franklin's, and others. Getting a full set of Seated Liberty quarters, on the other hand, is unlikely to be offered. |
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I purchased a complete set of Lincolns 1909-1940 about 12 years ago, and last year bought a complete set of Barber half dollars. I had been working on the Lincolns for about 30 years without completing the keys. I think I started the Barber halves about 6 years ago. I bought the Lincoln set of a individual, and stumbled upon the Barbers at a local coin show. Whatever floats your boat, to this day sitting down with a empty folder & filling holes is a whole lot of fun! |
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Why wouldn't you if the price is right and you have the money?
You're gonna buy them individually if you don't buy the whole set. You can pop out the ugly ones, sell them and upgrade.
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it would depend on eye appeal, and condition.. before I would buy anything//
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No, I never have. Probably because I wanted the sets to reflect my taste, eye appeal and condition. If I had bought someone else's set, I would always feel it wasn't my hard work that put it together......someone else did it.
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10/02/2019 10:10 pm
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Bought a full set of silver Roosie's. Replaced a cpl but by and large they were pretty nice.
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I never have but I see them all the time at coin shows. Dealers love to put all their low grade something or other in an Album or Folder and try to sell as is. Great way to get rid of lots of low grade coins that might not sell.
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I never have but I see them all the time at coin shows. Dealers love to put all their low grade something or other in an Album or Folder and try to sell as is. Great way to get rid of lots of low grade coins that might not sell.  ! |
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I bought a full set of Roosevelt silver dimes and almost a full set of Washington silver quarters. I'm working on finding the clad ones in change/rolls.
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I never have but I see them all the time at coin shows. Dealers love to put all their low grade something or other in an Album or Folder and try to sell as is. Great way to get rid of lots of low grade coins that might not sell. Just because its a low grade/low cost set doesn't mean its not worth it to some of us?  |
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