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New Member
United States
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Hi, All, I am fairly new to the forums here but have been involved in coin collecting for a long time. (See my post in the Introductory Forum) I had a descent collection up until 2013 when I sold off virtually all of my U.S. silver coins to finance the purchase of a very nice Fender Strat. Now the coin bug has again bitten and I am ready to start all over. From scratch. This time, I'm focusing my resources on a date/mint run of all denominations between 1900-1964. Since my budget is fairly tight, I will be limiting the earlier coins to grade F or better, with the exceptions of Barber halves, which I would settle for nice, problem-free VG specimens. For the key and semi-key dates, Gs are definitely not out of the question. I am going about this very methodically, first concentrating on a date-only run of each coin type, regardless of mint. After that, the tougher stuff gets gradually added to the collection. In addition to this, part of my coin budget is being set aside to continue work on my pre-20th Century U.S.type set. I have no delusions about ever fully completing these endeavors in my lifetime, but it's sure to be a fun ride, methodically filling the holes. I'll update my acquisitions here as things progress. Cheers! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good luck and keep us up to date!  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1302 Posts |
Good luck, and just remember it's a marathon, not a sprint, take your time.
Best of Luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would suggest you go for the key dates and scarcer coins first. They will be most likely to be more expensive at a later date. You can always go back and infill with the common coins. Great project and please keep us up to date as you make progress
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm focusing my resources on a date/mint run of all denominations between 1900-1964. I like your goal, it is an Eliasburg approach. Eliasburg collected every date and mintmark of every coin every minted by the United States. Although keeping the collection to the coins of the 20th century, I admire your perspective of obtaining all denominations. I am looking forward to your updates! 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Key dates 1877 1909 s v.d.b. 1913 s type II Buff 1916 D dime 1896 s quarter 1892 o half 1921 D walker all in the highest grade best eye appeal coin I could find, afford, and get my mits on... and that would just be for starters. In a perfect world and a time travel machine I would have done just that. I didn't so took the long way to figuring my series out. Your tastes may change but brother stay with key date original non details classics they will never let you down. I'm a fool for Barber coinage but didn't start out that way its an affordable series with about every common date not so common and every better date flat out not so common. Barbers give me the juice for pretty much under 200 bucks for any killer coin in G-6 except the keys but even the keys are very attainable so thats how I fell out and fell in. Welcome back to coin collectiing. Edited by luvmyCAM
12/17/2022 6:15 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That '66 Rickenbacker 360 12 string is looking good....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since cost and budget are usually a big consideration and since you seem interested in coins from 1900-1964, perhaps you may want to start with a twentieth and twenty first century type set rather than complete date sets of each denomination. This way you can try to acquire high grade specimens of the key dates for each series. Another method could be to collect type sets by the decade. For example, I start out with a capped bust type set, then a seated liberty type set. That gets me through 1892. Then I began collecting types from 1900's (Barber Series), next was the 1910's, 1920's etc... It was affordable to assemble decade style type sets with key coins from those decades without having to complete a dated and MM set. The 1920's was challenging. I started with the '21 Peace dollar, '21D walker, '23 quarter (would like to upgrade to the 1921 quarter), '21D dime, '21S Buffalo, and '21S Wheat cent. For me this method of collecting seemed most practical in allowing me to concentrate on key coins rather than the common date coins. We all have our own methods of collecting so this is just a suggestion if you care to try it . Happy Hunting! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's surprisingly a doable undertaking based on your criteria of grade. The only real hurdle I foresee, which you will most certainly need to save for in any grade, is the 1916 Standing Liberty quarter. Also, many of the early key dates will be three figure coins minimum. Personal, as this is long term achievement, I would knock out as many of the higher valued coins first as they will only increase over time. Nothing kills a run faster than getting down to a very expensive coin or two. But again, doable. Motivation and patience are the key, not so much finances. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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12/18/2022 10:30 am
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for the replies and suggestions!
I do already have a completed type set of 20th-21st C. coins. My current phase in the project is assembling a date run of each coin type, not necessarily paying attention to mintmarks. Right now my coin budget sits at $30-40 per month.
I have a few other hobbies that demand some financial outlay, so I try to balance things evenly.
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
One strategy that I have employed in the past is to purchase a better-grade, certified type piece for each series that I attempt to collect - a sort of 'benchmark' anchor coin and then fill in the series with problem-free pieces, like the ones you are seeking.
It could be the most common coin of the series, to keep your cost low. For example, you could get a common MS66 Standing Liberty half for not too much money, then the others fall in line behind it. Admittedly, an MS66 Barber half might not make the project affordable but a nice XF45 or AU50 could still suffice.
Food for thought, and best of luck on your undertaking. You will be staying busy for many, many days to come...
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Moderator
 United States
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Good luck on your project, it is an ambitious one - please keep us up to date on your progress.
I look forward to seeing photos when you get them.
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