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matchbox Pillar of the Community United States 1007 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 3:12 pm Hello all. It's a milestone day for me; my collection of current coins is now up to date! In the 2.5 years I've been eagerly collecting coins, today's arrival of the previously missing 2006 P & D Sacagawea dollars, my collection of current American coins is now up to date. Since 1999, I was one of those that started with State Quarters but didn't collect any anything else. However when I heard about the 2009 Lincoln Cent commemoratives that's what triggered my real interest coin collecting. I started early 2009 gathering all American and Canadian coins. Often I focus on an individual series to gather and started with Lincoln cents, then Jefferson nickels, and clad dimes and quarters. I'm up to date with all of them. The only exception are 4 key date Lincoln cents which are out of my league and doubt very much I'll get them. (09S, 09S VDB, 14D & 31S) The clad Washington quarter set is up to date. I never focused on gathering the Philly mint State Quarters, but received all what was missing from my collection from an awesome CCF member when I placed an ad. The JFK half dollar collection was up to date quite a while ago. The Eisenhower, Anthony, SAC & Presidential dollar coins arrived when they did, and today with the arrival of the 2 I needed, it's up to date. I've also been collecting older coins...... Indian Head cents, large cents, Buffalo & Liberty nickels. I've managed to get almost all of them and just have some key dates remaining. I'm going to continue getting them as affordable coins become available. Also, up to date on Canadian coins: 1920-2011 small cents 1922-2011 nickels 1937-2011 dimes 1967-2011 quarters 1967-2011 half dollars 1967-2011 Voyageur / loonies 1996-2011 toonies ------I'm still working on the 1859-1920 large cents and it's near completion. Don't think I want to go any further with Newfoundland coins as I have all the small cents and about 1/2 of the large cents. I'm wondering what to focus on now. Mercury and silver Roosevelt dimes? I have a handful but that's it. I would like to get the sets but with the price of silver they're expensive. They seem to be in the $3-4 range for a non-key date. If I wanted to focus on silver coins for investment value I was thinking of the Franklin half dollar series as it looks easy and there would be fewer to get to complete the series. I don't have much interest in silver Washington quarters, but sometime in the future that will probably change. However since I'm up to date with current coins, silver may be my main option. Thanks for letting me crow about this. For accomplishing this on a limited budget I'm somewhat proud of myself. Ken Report this Post to the Staff

kylecolb Valued Member United States 438 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 3:23 pm congrats! Report this Post to the Staff
fcrazo Pillar of the Community United States 651 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 3:35 pm Very nice. Congratulations Amigo. Report this Post to the Staff
yankee1227 Pillar of the Community United States 1151 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 3:47 pm Congrats! Good work! Report this Post to the Staff
Rewster Valued Member United States 208 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 3:50 pm Nice job. I'm really impressed with the pennies. Did you have to buy many or did you get them all from circulation? Also when you say you are up to date with the Kennedy's do you have all of the NIFC too? I've been doing dimes recently have found about 2 silvers for every $250. If you can afford 1 bag/box at a time not too bad. I've really been enjoying the dimes. I had done pretty good with Franklin's but am pretty discouraged as I haven't been finding them in the boxes I've been buying. I may have to buy the rest to finish the folder. Anywho, again congrats on the Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 3:59 pm congrats. I am working on many sets, and cannot wait until I get some completed. I am 14 coins from Roosevelt dimes 6 from Jefferson nickels a handful of NIFC JFKs and the list goes on I roll search for these for the most part though I think I have 34 or so lincolns left anyways, well done Report this Post to the Staff
matchbox Pillar of the Community United States 1007 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 4:01 pm Quote: Did you have to buy many or did you get them all from circulation? Also when you say you are up to date with the Kennedy's do you have all of the NIFC too? The Kennedy half dollars include the NIFC's. I have all from 1964-2011. The Lincoln memorial cents were from circulation and the wheats were bought and traded for. A few were gifts. Forgot to add the 1857 and both 1858 Flying Eagle cents were collected a while ago. Wouldn't have been able to do this without the incredible people in this forum. Report this Post to the Staff
Tunnioc Pillar of the Community United States 3170 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 4:08 pm Congratulations! For only 2.5 years you have accomplished some nice sets. Franklin half dollars should be a nice set to complete also! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 4:09 pm Congratulations! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
jdavis18 Pillar of the Community United States 553 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 4:14 pm Congrats, you seemed to do that pretty quickly. Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 4:53 pm Congrats, matchbox, a great accomplishment, especially, the small Canadian cents and, the nickels, alot of key dates in there that some Canadian collectors haven't got. You'll have to start on your Canadian fifty cents from 1902 to 1966, great series. Report this Post to the Staff
smokeriderdon Pillar of the Community United States 3755 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 6:35 pm Awesome dude. I am shooting for completion of my Kennedy book first. Then I am concentrating on the circulated quarters book. It seems to work best if you focus mostly on one series at a time. At least for me. Report this Post to the Staff
vanbroj Valued Member United States 450 Posts	Posted 09/13/2011 10:06 pm Congrats ! Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 09:08 am Congratulations and I hope I will be able to reach my US collection milestone by the end of this year too. I think the Franklin half is a very beautiful coin and I agree with you it will be an easy set and a good investment. Wish you luck with your coming sets Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 09:45 am Quote: In the 2.5 years I've been eagerly collecting coins, today's arrival of the previously missing 2006 P & D Sacagawea dollars, my collection of current American coins is now up to date. WHAT? Only 2.5 years? Sounds more like you've been collecting a lot longer than that. Your really way up on a lot of others. Nice going. Congradulations. Report this Post to the Staff
ljenkins990 Valued Member United States 406 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 09:54 am Well done and congratulations! I'm in fairly close to the same boat as you, only needing a few more Presidential dollars to complete my set (not counting proofs). Report this Post to the Staff
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