Show us your completed albums/sets!

hfjacinto

Whatever you consider complete.

I have several here is my first. Mercury Dime.

hfjacinto

Canadian Cents (large and small)

hfjacinto

I have more but don't want to spam the forum. So last one, Circulated Bison Nickels.

Floridafacelifter

Proof Morgan Dollars

justindan

Have these guys plus Washington quarters and WLH.

david3142

@Floridafacelifter said:
Proof Morgan Dollars

Holy cow! We have a winner.
Gorgeous set!

Floridafacelifter

@david3142 said:

@Floridafacelifter said:
Proof Morgan Dollars

Holy cow! We have a winner.
Gorgeous set!

Thank you! It represents about a 15 year labor of love and is the only set I’ve ever completed 100%, including the ‘78 Rev ‘79 and the Chapman and Zerbe.

humanssuck

humanssuck

@Floridafacelifter said:
Proof Morgan Dollars

Absolutely gorgeous. Love them!

Floridafacelifter

@humanssuck said:

Sweet set! That’s also a really nice way to display them!

humanssuck

@Floridafacelifter said:

@humanssuck said:

Sweet set! That’s also a really nice way to display them!

Thanks. Thats my other hobby. I couldn't find a display I liked anywhere so I had to make my own.

OAKSTAR

Not the best pictures but you get the point.

Floridafacelifter

@humanssuck said:

@Floridafacelifter said:

@humanssuck said:

Sweet set! That’s also a really nice way to display them!

Thanks. Thats my other hobby. I couldn't find a display I liked anywhere so I had to make my own.

Awesome- makes it even more cool!

vulcanize

@Floridafacelifter said:
Proof Morgan Dollars

Love it.

Thank you very much for sharing.

winesteven

First, @hfjacinto , what sparked your interest to collect the Canadian cents (which look great)? I know you have a special Lincoln Cent set.

Ok, I’ll stretch the definition of “Album” in the OP by proving a hotlink to a “Digital” album of mine:

https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/album/213996

Steve

hfjacinto

@winesteven

I was bullied by all the collectors of Canadian coins on CCF to start a collection of Canadian cents 😝

They sent me a starter set of coins, gave me a great price on what coins I was missing, the bullies on CCF “made” me complete a collection 😝

If you want to read here is the small cents thread

http://goccf.com/t/366497

Large cents thread

http://goccf.com/t/368817

Moderators hope those links are ok to post. If no please delete.

ricko

Some great sets of coins here..... My CC Morgan set is not in an album... some slabs, some raw. I have sets of Kennedy halves and Franklin halves, but they are mostly raw. Probably should get albums for the raw coins. Cheers, RickO

WaterSport

ThreeCentSilverFL

hfjacinto

I'll do one more. ASE

1630Boston

WAYNEAS

Here is one of my Kennedy albums.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/half-dollars/kennedy-half-dollars-major-varieties-circulation-strikes-proof-1964-present/album/146564
Wayne

BryceM

This is a set I completed a few years back. The last upgrade was the Barber half, IIRC.

The details of this set and my thoughts about each coin are in my sigline.

1630Boston

Barberian

@hfjacinto said:
@winesteven

I was bullied by all the collectors of Canadian coins on CCF to start a collection of Canadian cents 😝

They sent me a starter set of coins, gave me a great price on what coins I was missing, the bullies on CCF “made” me complete a collection 😝

If you want to read here is the small cents thread

http://goccf.com/t/366497

Large cents thread

http://goccf.com/t/368817

Moderators hope those links are ok to post. If no please delete.

Those were enjoyable reads! Sounds like a great group of collectors.

Canadian large and small cents are beautiful coins, fun to collect, and relatively easy sets to complete. I had lots of fun picking Canadian (and American) large cents from junk boxes at coin shows and from junk box at a coin shop in NW Minnesota. I was able to find all but about 8 small cents looking through rolls and change at my grandparent's house in northern Vermont. King George V cents were always neat to find in rolls.

This post got me to dig out my Canadian large and small cents. Looking at those coins brought back so many memories of family members and gatherings, as well as buying and searching through rolls in the beautiful old banks in St. Johnsbury. As a kid, I thought better coins were more likely to be found in old 19th century bank buildings. I found my only Indian cent (1903) there as well as a mind-blowing ~AU58 BN 1909 Lincoln cent, perhaps the best Lincoln cent I ever found from extensive searching through rolls and bags of pennies. It looked like just another late 50's wheat cent from looking at the reverse, then I turned it over. There's something about that date (probably the zero) that was iconic and awesome to find in change, but usually they're well-worn AG to VG. I'm looking at it now in my 7070 and I still cannot believe that that coin was found in change. Not a trace of wear on the wheat ears! Crisp! Aah!

I'm getting too carried away now.

D808LF

Tied for #2

hfjacinto

@D808LF you win the internet

OAKSTAR

You probably can't see them from here but my goal was, all with full LIBERTY, problem free and fairly consistent looking.

The_Dinosaur_Man

Nice sets so far. The only albums I've completed are the ones I've built myself. Over the years, while helping out at the LCS, it is a joy and privilege to see other collectors through on completing their sets.

hfjacinto

@OAKSTAR , very nice. I have a full set of Liberty (V) nickels but yours are much nicer.

bramn8r

looking at my albums, a lot of modern coins and 2 type sets, 19th century and 20th century. Very impressive photos here on this forum of sets I have, but not as nice as those photographed.

OAKSTAR

Thanks @hfjacinto! It took quite awhile to compile. Several could fairly easily be upgraded but I wanted to try and keep them consistent looking. Let's see your set.

Barberian

Does this count?

Purchased as a set in a Capitol type holder. These are all nice high mintage coins that are inexpensive in choice to gem grades. I probably could assemble several sets in lower grades resulting from my Canadian dollar silver stacking days.

OAKSTAR

@Barberian said:
Does this count?

Purchased as a set in a Capitol type holder. These are all nice high mintage coins that are inexpensive in choice to gem grades. I probably could assemble several sets in lower grades resulting from my Canadian dollar silver stacking days.

It works for me! 👍🏻

vulcanize

Great going everyone.

Thank you all for sharing the wonderful coins and respective sets.

Earlier in my collecting days, the ultimate aim was to finish the Dansco albums with whatever the wallet permitted, so the occupants in my album range from a PO 01 SLQ to MS/PF 70 ASE.

Most recent complete set was the Liberty Head half dollars in my Dansco 7150 which was posted earlier on another thread https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13181489/#Comment_13181489

The slow changeover to graded coins started with the Morgan series since slabbed keys were sourced due to the many fakes floating out there.

My other completed sets are as follows (sans the 1895 King of Morgans, 1913 Liberty Nickel, the 1884 and 1885 trade dollars etc. which can never be acquired by me and remain a pipe dream forever)

**Edited for grammar, structure and add link

OAKSTAR

@vulcanize said:
Great going everyone.

Thank you all for sharing the wonderful coins and respective sets.

Earlier in my collecting days, the ultimate aim was to finish the Dansco albums with whatever the wallet permitted, so my collection is scattered from a PO 01 SLQ to MS/PF 70 ASE.

Most recent complete set was the Liberty Head half dollars in my Dansco 7150 which was posted earlier on another thread https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13181489/#Comment_13181489

The slow changeover to graded coins started with the Morgan series since slabbed keys were sourced due to the many fakes floating out there.

My other completed sets are as follows.

hfjacinto

@OAKSTAR

While I generally will sell a coin to get another with no worries, my Liberty V nickel set is one that I really have not updated. A fellow collector sent me all except for the 1885 and 1886 as a Christmas gift. A few months later he passed away. I decided to complete the set and leave it alone. It's about 50% full liberty with the rest in G4-F12.

jwitten

Floridafacelifter

@jwitten said:

Beautiful!

jedm

Here's one of mine that I used to enjoy looking at. I can even get enjoyment out of just the smell of an old book and this one has a wonderfully antique kind of smell.

jedm

I love looking at albums and there have been a bunch of nice ones posted so far, this is a neat thread and hope to see many more posted.

OAKSTAR

@hfjacinto said:
@OAKSTAR

While I generally will sell a coin to get another with no worries, my Liberty V nickel set is one that I really have not updated. A fellow collector sent me all except for the 1885 and 1886 as a Christmas gift. A few months later he passed away. I decided to complete the set and leave it alone. It's about 50% full liberty with the rest in G4-F12.

It's a complete set, which is still great! 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing.

OAKSTAR

@jwitten said:

originalisbest

jedm, do you still enjoy looking at it? A vintage LOC album that is in really nice shape, and reasonably "fillable" (like no 1796-7 half dollar hole to stare at) is a joy to behold.

OAKSTAR

@jedm said:
Here's one of mine that I used to enjoy looking at. I can even get enjoyment out of just the smell of an old book and this one has a wonderfully antique kind of smell.

You "used to" enjoy looking at it?? You no longer have it??

Yes, I love the smell of old copper in the morning!! 😂 👍🏻 👍🏻

originalisbest

OAKSTAR, an 1885 nickel that has the detail and original surfaces of yours is a very tough bird.

originalisbest

WaterSport, LOVE your Lincoln Capital Plastics boards. Very impressive display. And FloridaFacelifter, an amazing set of GEM proof Morgans. If you're into that sort of thing I guess -- just like the gold sets. And Bryce's type set -- all very nice!

I wouldn't mind completing a V nickel set, have a very nice original 1886 in VGF, but haven't found a nice 1885 that's a surfaces match for it. Still have an 1871 hole in my Indian cents, but will get one in VF to AU range eventually. Lots of partial sets, but nothing super-completed to my satisfaction yet. Really enjoy seeing the sets others have put together -- each in their own way is a great accomplishment and evidence of the effort involved.

OAKSTAR

@originalisbest said:
OAKSTAR, an 1885 nickel that has the detail and original surfaces of yours is a very tough bird.

Yes, it took me a while to save and find the one I liked. It's a VF-20. She was broken out, then locked back up in that Whitman! 😉

originalisbest

@OAKSTAR said:

@originalisbest said:
OAKSTAR, an 1885 nickel that has the detail and original surfaces of yours is a very tough bird.

Yes, it took me a while to save and find the one I liked. It's a VF-20. She was broken out, then locked back up in that Whitman! 😉

It's super-nice, and looks great! Whether to crack out the keys and fill that hole with a nice example is something I go back and forth on. If you're going to keep the coin/set indefinitely "forever" then great! If there's the possibility I might want to sell it, to maximize value it's likely I'd have to get it slabbed again -- so then the cost/time/risk of loss/damage while doing so... and for some slabs, such as my 1877 cent, it's a really nice XF in a damage-free OGH, so I'd really rather leave it right where it is. A number of my other Indians are also in slabs, while some are nice raws. To the point where I'd almost consider making a lower grade G-VG set for an album, and complete the slabbed look in VF or better for the same set -- decisions, decisions. Any way a person decides is best for how they collect is the correct one.

OAKSTAR

@originalisbest said:

@OAKSTAR said:

@originalisbest said:
OAKSTAR, an 1885 nickel that has the detail and original surfaces of yours is a very tough bird.

Yes, it took me a while to save and find the one I liked. It's a VF-20. She was broken out, then locked back up in that Whitman! 😉

It's super-nice, and looks great! Whether to crack out the keys and fill that hole with a nice example is something I go back and forth on. If you're going to keep the coin/set indefinitely "forever" then great! If there's the possibility I might want to sell it, to maximize value it's likely I'd have to get it slabbed again -- so then the cost/time/risk of loss/damage while doing so... and for some slabs, such as my 1877 cent, it's a really nice XF in a damage-free OGH, so I'd really rather leave it right where it is. A number of my other Indians are also in slabs, while some are nice raws. To the point where I'd almost consider making a lower grade G-VG set for an album, and complete the slabbed look in VF or better for the same set -- decisions, decisions. Any way a person decides is best for how they collect is the correct one.

I completely agree. You're singing my song. I have broken out many. Others I would never break out like the S-VDB, 55-DDO, 42/1, 16-D, 3-leg Buff...etc..

jedm

@OAKSTAR I DO still have the large cent collection; however this particular album now has open holes where I've upgraded some of the less common ones to graded examples and sold off the duplicates. I don't have the inclination to crack 'em out and put them in the album now. If I just get it out and give it a smell and a look then I could change the verb tense in my original post.
@originalisbest I agree that the LOC album adds to the enjoyment since it's like a vintage touch. It is the only album I have that's not a Dansco. I'm gonna get it out this morning just to enjoy it again, thanks for the motivation!