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Earlier this week, I received in the mail a copy of " 100 Greatest U.S. Coins" By Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth (mine is the 2008 Edition) for the whopping sum of $4.97 delivered (I love thriftbooks). As I finally opened the package and was reading it today I saw that I had some of those. Here are mine. Some are repeats from the other 1st year type set thread, a couple are not. I will likely add other entries if I acquire any. Post yours on the list. Edit: adjusted for reordered ranking in later edition of the list. PCGS has this as a registry set so the list can be seen here: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/fa...osition/1576#12 then, now dropped to #18 - 1792 Half Disme  #13 then, now dropped to #20 - 1794 Silver Dollar   #16 then, now raised to #15 - 1793 Chain Cent   #20 then, now dropped to #23 - 1856 Flying Eagle cent  #49 then, now dropped to #59 - 1916 Standing Liberty quarter  #61 then, now dropped to #71 - 1796 Quarter Dollar   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
11/26/2021 11:48 pm
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Stunning. They should ask you to contribute to the next additkion.
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Here's my one and only from this list of 100: #59 - 1916 SLQ  A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine! My collecting "Pride & Joy" is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/ty...edset/213996 |
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Incredible just to have any of the 100 greatest US coins. |
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I'd certainly agree. Beautiful quarter, @Winesteven.
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Outstanding!  |
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@Winesteven that seems like a fine cornerstone for a great collection.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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macmercury, Coinfrog, jbuck, and numismatic student - thank you all for your kind words. numismatic student - This is part of my Standing Lib Quarter FH DATE set. I chose to do a DATE set to keep the cost somewhat within reason. I'm still on the hunt for upgrades for 1923, 1926, and 1927. While mine is a lovely set, your 18th Century coins are night and day more amazing! Congratulations - you should be so very proud! Here's a hotlink to my set: https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/qu...edset/232226Steve |
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
11/27/2021 11:34 am
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I appreciate the searching help. However:
1. While I have absolute respect for the quality of NGC grading, my sets are in the PGCS Registry. Unfortunately, they do not accept coins graded byNGC. I do not want to incur the financial risk of attempting to cross.
2. To make the set even more challenging for me (besides requiring each of the 14 coins to be FH), I decided to only include coins with a CAC. My 1926 MS64FH "filler" does NOT have a CAC.
Steve
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Even though this doesn't compare to any of the coins listed, here is #14. My grandfather bought this in 1995. It always had green goop on the reverse, and recently I cleaned it with acetone. This revealed a bend in the coin    Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Even though this doesn't compare to any of the coins listed, here is #14. My grandfather bought this in 1995. Excellent! Quote:
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It always had green goop on the reverse, and recently I cleaned it with acetone. This revealed a bend in the coin But it's a perfect fit for a Lincoln Cent album.  |
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my only one--#77--2 cent coin--small motto--   |
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