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Question for Classic Commemorative Half Dollar Collectors
MWallace
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Probably a stupid question but......... I've noticed that in books, websites, dealer's price lists, etc., that some list them by date and some list them alphabetically. How do you order them in your collection? I do mine by date.
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Oh my. A blessed mess. A jumbled collection of this and that. I am trying to do inventory 😉🙀🦫
Haven’t crossed that bridge yet.
🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶
Alphabetically...after awhile you will be amazed that you can run through the alphabet and tick off all 50 commem types from memory.
Commems and Early Type
It's obviously your choice, but I've always preferred alphabetically.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
The PCGS default sort which is first by denomination and then alphabetically. That puts Isabella 25c first, Lafayette $1 last, and all the 50c commemoratives alphabetically in the middle.
I use alphabetical.
Going by date can be confusing because multiple issues are struck for multiple, overlapping dates.
To me, each issue is a "sub-type" so it's easy to think of sorting them by sub-type before date.
That makes a lot of sense. I think I'll switch mine to alphabetical.
I have mine in a Dansco Type album, so they are by date
Alphabetically is the accepted standard and ultimately makes the most sense. Otherwise, you would go nuts with all the coins dated 1936.
I always think of the alphabet. Remembering all the dates is really hard, especially when the same design was issued for many years, like the Oregon Trail half dollar.
I do not list mine... I collected commemoratives from all the states I lived/worked in. Nine of them.... So I just keep them in a separate drawer in one of my coin cabinets. Cheers, RickO