How Long Have You Been Working On Your Set?
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A lot of us work on type sets or series sets. How long have you been at it?
How Long Have You Been Working On Your Set?
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I have different sets in progress, both US, British, and Canadian and I'm sure I will be working on all of them until the day I either die or go broke.
My OmniCoin Collection
My BankNoteBank Collection
Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
Started my Registry set, in 2005, but took a 3-4 year hiatus, so about 12 active years give or take.
Collected raw coins for MANY years before that.
Had some GREAT, raw, Early Walkers, in AU 55 and 58, back around 1993, when Bruce Fox's book first came out.
That's what really lit a fire underneath my backside.
“I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~
My Full Walker Registry Set:
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I've been working on my "sets" since forever. They'll be finished at precisely the same moment that I am.....finished.
I have been working on my Lincoln set since the 90's, while basically complete thru 1958 I have a few pieces that I would like to upgrade. Problem is I've already reached the broke stage so maybe this is it.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Started my Kennedy registry set in 2106, so for this set only 5 years.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
I have always been rather scattershot with what I collected until I found a real home with gold dollars last year. Now I’m 25% the way through. I have some other sets but they aren’t quite so interesting to me right now.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
Start and never finish.
Got a circulated IHC Dansco album that is farthest along.
Really thinking of a statehood to present day set.
BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out
I’m surprised that the poll ends at >15 years. Many of my coins were acquired over 20 years ago.
I built my first circ walker set back in the ‘70’s and my type set in the ‘80’s.
Just finished it last year of course you really never finish it because you immediately start up grading
Now some people would argue take your time collect only the top coins but that’s if your a patient person. I found I could never finish a set so I just went for it took almost two years to find the 86 quarters it really felt good to finish
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923
I actually have two, a date set of color toned these. 8 down with 4 to go. Been workin' on it for 2 1/2 years-
And a set of these, 23 down with 20 to go. Been workin' on this one for about 4 months-
Working on my Lincoln set since '54, so I guess that's 67 years and still have not completed it. All from circulation and no purchases. My IHC almost as long and will never complete it for sure. My Buffalo nickels about 65 years and still searching...LOL.
bob
I have been building a U.S. gold type set. It’s expensive and slow but fun 🤩
I'm right on the line but may have crossed the 10 year mark.
I started collecting bust halves in July 2007, so this summer it will be 14 years for me.
Dave
I've been working on my color date set of Buff 5c for around 35 years. I still need a high color 1917 and 1934. There's a few others I'd like to get more colorful examples of.
Over 30 years. Still have some of those first few gold dollars.
I am working on one set and have been for about five years. Since i sold my Walkers and seated halves.
I feel like I need to start a second more affordable set.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
On and off for a long time, type set (no gold) and series sets.
I've been collecting off and on for 57 years. I'm currently working on Seated Liberty halves and circulated classic commemoratives and have been for about 15 years now. I started out collecting exclusively raw coins for a Dansco album but have added TPG coins as I progress.
I'll probably never finish the Seated Liberty halves because most of the remaining coins are expensive and the SLH's are an endless series with many difficult varieties (1847/6, 1873 open 3, 1842 small date and letters, 1853-O no arrows, etc.).
I'm down to about five circulated commemorative types left, but the remaining five are not appealing types to me (Spanish Trail, Cincinnati, Hudson). Several are expensive as well (Hudson, Spanish Trail, Grant star, Hawaii), so I may not finish them as well. I'm currently beginning to work on other series.
Yolo
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/date-sets/hashtags-prefect-coin-grading-service-1879/album/7621
It's ongoing. My primary goals are to 1) my main, go-to, top shelf collection and 2) a raw 'Dansco 7070-like' type collection. But I am my worst enemy. As an example I purchased a coin just this weekend for the sole purpose of cracking out and adding it to my raw collection. However, it's too nice and I can't bring myself to crack it out. So for those reasons I have a secondary, next in-line, 2nd shelf collection of type coins that I am dealing with too.
Whilst I have been working on a certain set for over 40 years, I am down to one coin. When I get it, I will be done. No upgrading, no additions.
What kind of certain set might that be?
I should have said certain album.
Business strike 3 cent silvers in vf35-au58 circulated conditions. Still need the 1863. If I can find it, I can buy it. The trick for business strike dates 1863-1872 in nice circulated condition, is finding them. I have the LOC album for 2 cent, 3 cent silvers, 3 cent nickels, shield nickels, and twenty cent pieces. The album is this one coin short of completion. The 3 cent silver coins from 1864-1873 are all in slabs as is the 1877 twenty cent coin. The two-cent, three cent nickel, and twenty cent sections, I completed years ago. Somehow, I managed to find a circulated proof 1878 twenty cent piece many years ago. If you want a long term challenge, try to fill this album with the coins in any condition.
I started collecting lowball 1970-D Kennedy half dollars back in 2001 and have yet to add any to my set of Kennedy lowballs yet.
peacockcoins
I have been working on Mercury dime set since was about 16 years old.......
I'm over 70 now!
Anyone work on a set longer than me?
You got me beat!
Sets - 40 years.