Hello all!
I already have put up a few posts over the past 9 months. But never introduced myself properly to this wonderful forum.
My father and youngest brother were avid coin collectors for over a decade and when I was clearing out some things in the house I got acquainted with the sizable collection they had. Unfortunately nothing of spectacular worth but a good amount of silver coinage and some gold commemoratives here and there from the late 1980's. I received a good crash course on what to do and not do when selling an
inherited coin collection. I regret a few coin sales I made and, if I had had a crystal ball then IU would have waited until now to have sold some of the collection. Nevertheless, I thought I did an OK job for someone very new to numismatics who rushed selling them.
The good news is it got me into numismatics starting in late 2019. After exploring quite a few areas I have begun to reduce my focus a little:
a) Get a long-short set of Walking Liberties starting with every year from 1934 - 1947 and as many as possible in MS65 or higher --- raw. On my budget this excludes most San Fran mint ones if I want to just get nice examples for each year (and I will take a nice AU or XF occasionally).
b) A long-term goal is to get as many dates I can afford for Type I thru Type II Gold $1 coins - some in nice MS but others in XF - AU. Again for may budget sticking with Philly mint unless I happen to come across a Charlotte one coin roll hunting because of someone grossly mishandling an
inherited collection.
c) Palestine coinage (not Proofs)
d) From US Mint, 1 Silver Proof set, 1 Mint set, 1
ASE Burnished W and the
American Innovation Series coins.
I consider the above medium to long term goals as I like variety and try to get all the years of
Franklin half dollar issues, a
Peace dollar once in a while and any cents prior to the Lincoln when my budget allows. I also enjoy once in awhile just checking the bin of world coins as it is exciting to find some design you like or an intriguing coin for very little money.
AS I am in it for the long haul, been building a library little by little. I get
Numismatic News, have a 2020 Blue Book (more for mintages and general trend of prices although the actual price values are out of date), and a few numismatic books.
As I read in a recent numismatic book, it is very true when people get into coins - either early in their youth or later on in life. I fall in the latter category.
Posted 06/05/2021 8:19 pm
