A Milestone For Me

Thanks for the nice words.

Yes just carl, it's been about two and a half years since I really started collecting. Like I mentioned, the only coins I gathered previously were the Denver-mint State Quarters as they were released.

When I heard about the 2009 Lincoln cents I stopped at a bank in Minneapolis and asked if they had them in which they did. I bought a few rolls and that started the ball rolling.

Before 2009 I only had a few Canadian coins, one 50¢ piece and one loonie. Now I have all listed, including the 1925 nickel, 1923 cent and pretty much every variety that I know of. I don't bother much with errors. Thanks have to go to a few Canadian (and one Australian) CCF members who helped me tremendously with this collection.

Altho I focus on a set to gather, I am on the lookout for other coins as well. When affordable coins become available I get them. One set that was lacking was the 2000-2008 Sacagawea dollar set, and just in the past two months following ebay sellers I managed to complete it quite inexpensively by getting 6 coins. When that last 2006 P & D set arrived it really felt like I accomplished something. Those two were the only holes in my current coin collection with exception of the 4 already mentioned key date Lincoln cents.

Right now I'm still searching out Buffalo and Liberty nickels which is nearing completion. (10 Buffalos and 8 Liberty to go!) I'm sure I'll start with the Shield nickels in the future. My Indian Head cent collection needs only 11 coins to complete. Still need 18 large cents. My Ike and Anthony dollar collection is complete. Kennedy half and Presidential dollar set is up to date.

My biggest need are the silver coins which I never bothered much with altho I do have some already. The prices have gotten out of hand because of the price of silver and people buying them for the metal, not for the love of the coin. Since dimes are the most affordable (and I have the Canadian set from 1937-1967) I'll most likely start with silver Roosevelts and work my way back through the Mercuries. And since the Franklin half-dollars are a simple set to collect., I'll get those one by one. (Just got my first one the other day, a 1953-S Beauty!) What are fair prices for Franklin halves anyway?

Last time in Minneapolis I bought a 20th Century Type Coin book I'm filling. I'll be getting my first Barber coins and Liberty Walking half for that.

It's a nice feeling to have all the current coins in my collection so now I'll focus on the early sets. Thanks again for the nice wishes! Who ever knew it would be this addictive?

Ken

Getting those all of the NIFC is really impressive, especially in just 2.5 years. I've had bad luck with those.. Any recommendations?




That just drives me nuts. I would think people just looking to make money off the silver would go to flea markets, garage sales, etc. looking for old junk silverware and such rather than old coins. Seems like a much quicker and easier way to amass quantity of silver if you are in it for financial gain. Oh well, to each their own I guess. Wow 2nd soap box in as many days

I concur. Historically when the stock market goes down people invest in safer things like bonds and precious metals, causing the price of gold & silver to rise. Conversely, when the stock market is high people are more willing to take risks and will pull out of the safer markets, causing the price of gold and silver to go down. Look at the 80's silver was at it's record high them.

Who knows though. Seems like conventional economic thought has been turned on it's head in the past few years.