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I met a man at a coin show who collects 1964 Kennedy half dollars. Not Kennedy half dollars from other years, not other half dollars, not other coins from 1964. Just 1964 Kennedy half dollars. Apparently he was not fussy as to mint. I, on the other hand, like all kinds of coins. I do have my favorites and there are sets I'm working on, but I don't specialize. So, I was wondering -- are there many people who limit their collections to one year of one coin? |
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I would fall into that category. I'm completely focused on 1921 Morgan VAM's, although every once in a while I pick up a Bust Half that has the look I like. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I know someone that only collects 1964 Accented Hair Halves and thats it nothing more nothing less and he has quite a few of them
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Rest in Peace
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I had never heard of anyone doing that until I read this post.
I do hoard such coins as 1964 JFK's, Lincoln Cents, and anything dated 1942, which is my birth year.
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That would be like putting all your eggs in one basket, wouldn't it? My problem, for years, was concentrating on EVERYTHING at one time. Guess it was great when I had the extra cash but not any more. Still working with the silver euro, euro circulating commemoratives, other world silver and U.S. Buffalo nickels!!! While I am still attracted to many U.S. series I must refrain until things pick up financially. Still buy an Eagle now and then to keep the silver coming in!!! |
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Originally posted by nohope587
I hoard 1976 Quarters.
All I can say to that is AHHHHHHHHHHHHH WAy back when they first came out myself and a friend also save those dumb things. My friend ended up not long ago with several thousand dollars worth of them. I did not have that many. Note I mentioned in the past tense. We noted not long ago a coin shows there was no market for them. They are a drug on the market for resale. No one at a coin show would buy them for more than a Quarter. So we both ended up taking them ALL to a bank and poof, they are now in your collection probably. |
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I would collect just the varieties of 1794 Large Cents if I could afford it, but that's not gonna happen anytime soon.
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well, one coin I always hang on to is the 1974-d half - one day I'll go through and look for the DD ones (Yeah right).
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Originally posted by nohope587
I hoard 1976 Quarters.
I work with a man who does the same- We call him drummer boy. do we need to change your forum name to the same?  |
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I tried to stay on buff nickels but then I was diverted to merc dimes and then Walking Liberty halves and now 2.50 gold indians(still saving up for one so I have 50.00 just for the 1908) but now I just collect anything that interests me like toned 1921 morgans for example |
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i collect what ever I can find
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The same date and design, what kind of empire building is that? It would be like Pizzaro conquering Peru over and over and over again.  I can't even collect a series with different dates and mintmarks. There's just something about seeing the same designs over and over again that never did quite jell with me. Guess that's why someone invented Type Collecting.  |
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Type collecting is a GREAT way to start the hobby but, as I said, I got interested in so many TYPES that my collecting ballooned into everything. Now I, after all these years, have sold off a great part of my collection and concentrate on the Buffalo nickel and silver. The darn Buffalo nickel is getting pretty pricy now but still worth the hunt! |
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You know I'd love to read something from a retired coin dealer about what they really think about coin collectors. Some true confession here. I bet we must drive them crazy. One minute everyone wants a particular date or design and the next minute we're all over the map wanting everything. Coin collectors? Coin collectors?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have to admit I was a hard core morgan collector and never even looked at other series with interest of collecting for awhile, now that I started the dansco 7070 I am having alot more fun looking for "nice" examples for the type album than I ever had looking for high grade Morgans
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Posted 10/22/2006 2:36 pm
