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Getting back into completing my Indian Head cent Dansco. I have the 1877 and 1908-S. The 08-S has slight corrosion but great eye-appeal. I'll upgrade eventually. I do need the 1909-S and a few in the late 60's and 70's and some of the 80's. Not a high grade set as I planned it that way, just something a little more affordable to work with and complete. I'm sticking with VF+-XF coins. I will keep you all posted how it's going  This will be my second completed Dansco once completed. I'm going to the Long Beach Coin Expo next month so I will definitely pick a few more up  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Very cool, I was just sitting here looking at a few IHC that I had forgotten about but came across in a box today. you have the biggies it sounds like, that's always the toughest hurdle! |
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70's will be a challenge in problem free VF/XF grades, but a fun one indeed!
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Thanks Rick! Yeah, the 1909-S after the 77 is the next biggest hurdle. I will be pretty discriminating on this one. I want nice eye appeal so this will probably be my last acquisition for the set.
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70's will be a challenge in problem free VF/XF grades, but a fun one indeed!
I have noticed that the late 1860's and early 1870's, are pretty tough to find without corrosion issues. 1867-1872 are tougher indeed. I've have the 1872, need the 1871. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Are you going to be in Long Beach on Saturday? Our coin club may get a van and all come down on Saturday. I really enjoy the Long Beach Show, it is my only chance to see certain dealers and to drool over Tom Reynolds table full of large cents.
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I'm probably going to be there Friday. I may be there Saturday, I'll let you know. I know, Tom Reynolds has some incredible Large Cents! They don't even look real. He has one 1793 that looks like glossy brown plastic. It has to be MS67 or 68. He does not believe in slabbing. All his inventory is raw.
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Sounds great. I'm working on my IHC collection, but have much further to go then you do. That's great that you have the 1877 key date, a very expensive one to fill. Nice job. |
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i am planning on being there on saturday too! It would be cool to meet some of you guys!
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I will try to go Saturday, we'll see if I can get off ;-)
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theres a show this weekend in Vegas --going to see if I can get a few more..
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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I wanted to go to that one....next time.
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Do you have a 1869/69 RPD? I found that one to be the hardest one so far to even find in any grade. I finally managed to purchase a nice problem free one, but it's in a lower grade than the rest of my set so far. Looking for that one was actually quite fun though and as I said, it's so hard to find in a problem free state.
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Do not have any varieties in the series David. I'm concentrating on the regular issues at the moment, but would like to aquire some of these once the Dansco is complete. The 1888/7 Snow-1 FS-103 would be the dream coin!
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The 1888/7 Snow-1 FS-103 would be the dream coin! ahh, that would be the one. In my early ebay days, I attempted to "cherrypick" these several times buying single 1888s....and I failed miserably both times...  Fortunately they were only a couple bucks each and it was fun learning anyways  ....but I remember looking for certain diagnostics like an obverse Die Cud and a weak feather. Anyways, a set of VF/XF Indian cents is a heck of an acomplishment! I'd love to see photos of your 1877 if you have them handy. |
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Johnny, it's the PCGS FR02 in the grading forum. I definitely plan on upgrading to a VF example, but not right now, this one fills the hole at the moment. I use to have a very nice VF but sold it years ago :-( For now, the only grade below VF in the set, and the only one slabbed. I actually bought a few 1888's on ebay looking very closely at the sellers pics, thinking it was a Snow. They were not but, it was fun, the anticipation. swcoin.ecrater.com
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