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Quote: I do like the idea of a Washington quarter album collection until 98. Most of the old washingtons in circulation are a real mess if you can find them. With effort and patience it's still possible to find XF's once in a while. All the coins in circulation are getting scratched up now days so in a few years even the higher grade ones will be scratched.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Yeah, I do imagine that most quarters that old would be in pretty worn condition. Hmm. I thought the Lincoln Memorial cent would be a relatively easy collection, but evidently the 1970 "small date" coin is quite expensive. |
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Quote:I wish there was more series like the Jefferson, where they had very long runs and barely any silver coins. Dansco does have a 1909-2009 Lincoln Cent album, both with proofs and without. I feel this would be a great way to go. However, obviously, there are some expensive, REALLY expensive coins in it. But there are a ton of coins I would assume I can find in circulation, either from pocket change or coin roll hunting. I'm an avid checker of pocket change--have been since 1971--and I've found that almost all pre-1970 Lincolns have disappeared from circulation. Every now and then I'll get a 1960s issue, and once in a great while I'll get a wheatie. But that's it. So if you want to collect Lincolns without buying them, it seems to me that getting rolls from the bank is the only way to go. And to be honest, I feel you still won't have much luck. Sorry--wish I could be more optimistic.  But if you do go the bank roll route, I'd be very interested in what you find. I've never done coin roll hunting.
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I feel like some of the most common older cent finds for me were from 1958 and the 60's. Just last time I found a 68 S that I was thrilled with.
1958 and 59 seem to be incredibly common. And yes, if you do coin roll hunting, you will find lots of pre 1970 cents I believe. In actual pocket change, perhaps not.
Kind of bummed that the 1970 small date cost so much.
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Quote: think I will definitely look into Ike dollars. Seems a pretty interesting set.  Quote:
I am not entirely sure whether I should add the 06 and newer Jeffersons to a new album, or just add a page to my current Dansco Jefferson 38-05 album. Mine are in a different album. I have a custom album with blank cents, nickels, and dimes pages to hold the coins that were minted after my original albums were filled. Quote:I recently ordered a Dansco Roosevelt dime album from 1946-current. I'm not entirely sure about it, though. No proofs. Dimes seem a little.... Meh. I like my original dime album. Four pages, all complete. Makes for a nice little set. Quote:I do like the idea of a Washington quarter album collection until 98. Not a bad choice. I have one. 
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Quote: I was just thinking.... Another good set that people probably overlook a lot would be a " Lincoln Memorial cent" set. Indeed. And Dansco made an album just for them. 
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Two weeks ago I got $350.00 in loomis rolled and another $140.00 in Customer rolled of Presidential Dollars/ Sacagawea/ SBA along with $50.00 dollars in customer rolled Kennedy Halfs from my local bank just keep asking if they have any. Found several S proofs gold dollars an S proof SBA and 3 wide rim 1979 SBA. Jeff Hall |
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Quote:Found several S proofs gold dollars an S proof SBA and 3 wide rim 1979 SBA. Excellent! 
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Good ideas and thoughts to think about everyone One of the earlier but very doable pre-1970 American sets to actually complete fully by date/mm is the Franklin half dollars from 1948-1963, as there are no insane rarities, just better dates mixed in.  that in my area, older copper Lincoln's pre 1970 seem to be getting slightly harder to find in change, except for my coin roll hunts. I see it depends on where we reside in our country how concentrated the more collectable coins are for any one given time.  |
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Quote:One of the earlier but very doable pre-1970 American sets to actually complete fully by date/mm is the Franklin half dollars from 1948-1963, as there are no insane rarities, just better dates mixed in. It was the second album I completed after the Ikes. Half of it funded by (not filled with) CRH finds. 
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Thank you. Once thing I should mention about the Franklin set is that its melt value is nearing $400, so it is not going to be one of the cheaper options. I completed mine in 1998 when silver was about a sixth of what it is now. Easy, yes, inexpensive, not so much.  |
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The only complete US sets (all years all mint marks) I have are three sets of Franklin half dollars. These were all purchased since I would obviously never have found any in change. They were all readily available and I thought the prices were reasonable. From 1963 back to 1953 they were all less than $30 except 1957-D ($32), 1955(P) ($42), 1953-S ($52). They most I spent was 1949-D ($63). 1949-S ($84), 1952-S ($70). All coins were listed as BU but of course, that grade was the seller's opinion. These are the mint marks: San Francisco mint - 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 Denver mint - All years except 1955 and 1956 no mint mark (Philadelphia Mint) - All years My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270 |
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Awesome! That said, I don't think Franklin half dollars are a route I am going to go down... Bit too expensive for my tastes! I was going to look into trying to assemble a whole set of different Lincoln cents over time. Now I realize this is probably not a smart idea, as there are many key dates, especially in the earlier Lincolns, and several very expensive coins. Perhaps I will possibly try a "date set" comprising simply of one coin for each year. From what I read, this would be a lot cheaper option. I might possibly ask for a Dansco Eisenhower dollar album for Christmas. I'm not entirely sure if I want to go proofs or not. I'd prefer without, but it's a pretty short series without. From what I understand, like you guys have said, it seems to be fairly easy/cheap to put together, even with the proofs/silver proofs. I'd like to start a set of Washington quarters, unfortunately... I can't find an album anywhere for Dansco Washington quarters without proofs. So... Idk about this one. Lol. I don't really like using custom things, because of my OCD. I like having everything set up for me personally. I had started up a set of Buffalo nickels, in a Whitman album. Idk.. I might possibly just give up on it. I'm not sure why, but Buffalo nickels aren't really particularly thrilling to me. Kennedy half dollars might be a good set to get into... I'm not sure. I like the idea of really long sets, with tons of coins. However, the problem is, I have yet to really see any of these type of sets outside of Jefferson nickels that contain a particular business strike coin that aren't ridiculously expensive. Kennedy half dollars, even with the early silver coins, don't really seem to be too bad. You can easily do a P&D mint set I would think. |
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