Completed my Seated Liberty Dime Set
121 coins later my Liberty Seated Dimes with Major Varieties set is complete. I'm so glad I was able to finish it. It's not the #1 set (8th All-Time, actually), but it is only the 4th 100% complete set listed on the PCGS Registry, which is kind of cool to me. Here's a link to the digital album for the set, and in case you don't feel like viewing the coins the intro blurb to the digital album is reproduced below.
"I started my collection of seated dimes as a teenager in the 1980’s just before the appearance of the Third Party Grading Services. Most of the common dates were acquired in that period. As with many people I took a long break from coin collecting during college, early working years, and while saving for a house. When I returned to coins in 2014, it felt like a very different hobby. Slabs had taken over and it soon became clear that completing my collection with raw coins would be essentially impossible. So I had my childhood collection certified and began looking for the rest. The journey was a lot harder than I had thought at the outset. I'm pretty sure it is easier (though obviously more expensive) to complete a Seated Dime set in mint state than it is in higher circulated grades. Seated Dimes were used in commerce for a long time and many circulated examples are very much the worse for wear. A large fraction of the coins have been cleaned as well. Interestingly, the most expensive dates are not the most difficult to find. The 1838 Partial Drapery, 1863, 1865, 1870-S, and 1885-S were much more difficult than any of the four key 1871-1874 CC's. The photographs in this set are all my own. I know that many of the photographs could be improved and this is something I am still learning. Thank you for viewing my set."
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That is a very good-looking, well-matched set.
No easy task by any means.
Congratulations!
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That is awesome! Congratulations!
I just flipped through it. VERY nice!
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Nicely done, great to see a completed long set! I am attempting the same with seated quarters, though lower grade and not slabbed.
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Wow, nice set. I think your photo's are great! My favorites are the 38-o and that RPD 43. Nice into write up too!
It is not that life is short, but that you are dead for so very long.1 -
So many nice ones.
I think my favorite is the 1838 with bisecting crack, F-106. (I like die cracks).3 -
Nicely done! I liked the book like presentation. Photos weren't too bad either.
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Congratulations!! A very nice and well matched set. You can be PROUD!!
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Congratulations!
What’s next???????
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That is AWESOME! Assuming you have a favorite, which is it?
Mark
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Congratulations on an admirable achievement! Date-mintmark sets with varieties can be a challenging process. I am at 95% on my main nickel set with all varieties, looking forward to the day of 100%.
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Congratulations! Very well done.
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That looks like an awesome, impressive set!
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What a great accomplishment! Thanks for sharing your set.
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Congratulations! Beautiful set.
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That's great that you started back then and continued and saw it through to completion. That's an impressive set, congrats on completing it. Lots of tough to find coins in that album.
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Wow, what a labor of love, congrats on completing your set! Your set looks awesome and your photography doesn't need any changes.
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congrats! Not everything has to be ridiculous grades!
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Congratulations! That is quite a feat to put together and complete a well balanced set.
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Congratulations! Quite rewarding after all these years!
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Just the other day here there was a thread about a collection vs a hoard. Yours is a good example of a collection. Congrats on getting them all. Quite an accomplishment and nice presentation.
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Fantastic set! A gorgeous set such as this one, each coin well chosen, is the essence of collecting. I love it!
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Congratulations, that's a very nice looking set. Well done.
David
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What an amazing achievement!!! Congratulations!!!
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Quite an accomplishment! It's the kindda set that's not about money as far as doing one quickly....but the time it takes to find them!
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Really, really impressive. That's a long series with quite a few difficult coins. Congrats!
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Now that is an achievement. Thank you for sharing.
Jim
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Well done! Beautiful, original coins...what a feat. Thanks for sharing.
You rarely see completed sets like this, especially in something crazy like Seated material. Wowzer!
Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.2 -
Awesome job on your completed seated dime set. The 1867 looks like a proof.
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Your completion shows determination as well as discipline ........ what an achievement. Congratulations~
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Congrats! This set requires a lot of patience and perseverance to complete... awesome job.
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Congratulations! I mean it - I don't even like Liberty Seated Dimes - but I like the look of your set. Some of the coins are really outstanding - so many beautiful coins that aren't top pop and/or cost an arm and a leg. The early dates look outstanding on that first page.
Well Done!
My current "Box of 20"
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Congratulations.
I really enjoyed viewing your collection.
Those images are pretty doggone good.
All in all an excellent achievement."Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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Wow
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That is an impressive set. Nice focus and determination.
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Congrats on the completion of your set, very interesting to see the variety of looks the coins acquire during their years of circulation. Thanks for posting
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A very tough set, congrats!
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Beautiful collection, congratulations on completing such a challenging set, and thanks for sharing!
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Very impressive, congrats a completing that set
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congrats on a super feat like that
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Very impressive accomplishment. Congratulations.
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Well done! Amazing set.
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Very nice set and indeed a major accomplishment. Congratulations.... Cheers, RickO
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Congrats on a fine looking set.
Is the 1871 dime a two-headed coin? ;-)
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Great set, all VF and better. Why the handful of mint states? Was finding them in AU58 impossible.
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@renman95 said:
Congrats on a fine looking set.Is the 1871 dime a two-headed coin? ;-)
You can see both sides if you go to the regular registry set display.
It does seem that the process of getting photos into the "album display" causes errors, for example there are dups if I try going from one coin to the next instead of going back to the album page. This process should really be automated by the software (I assume the errors occur because it has to be done by hand?)1 -
@BustDMs said:
Congratulations!What’s next???????
Paying the mortgage.
Then probably finishing my Whitman album type set. That requires a lot of cracking and my hammer is getting sore.
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@Mark said:
That is AWESOME! Assuming you have a favorite, which is it?I never thought about that before. Though I'm not a toning fanatic, maybe this one. I find it easy on the eyes.
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@Mark said:
That is AWESOME! Assuming you have a favorite, which is it?I never thought about that before. Though I'm not a toning fanatic, maybe this one. I find it easy on the eyes.
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