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Finished My Shilling By Monarch Set Today 20/20!

I also took the #1 spot on the registry!

I'm going to be lazy here and just share the images and link to my set. I'll also link the prior thread where I discuss the coins in detail. Hope y'all enjoy seeing it complete.

Registry Set: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/british-type-sets/british-denomination-type-sets/british-shillings-type-set-circulation-strikes-1660-1966/alltimeset/214858

Past Discussions: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1086215/shillings-by-monarch-updated-6-16-2023#latest




















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Comments

  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    Superb set! Congrats and enjoy

  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,707 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats Clio! Wonderful set! Awesome to see you sticking to your principals in terms of quality and eye appeal!

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,372 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that IS a nice set!

    All glory is fleeting.
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,670 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful! I love the Queen Anne.

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wowee ! :)

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  • Bob13Bob13 Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool collection. Congrats!

    My current "Box of 20"

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well done! Great well matched set!

    What’s next?

  • ClioClio Posts: 548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everyone! Just a reminder that the Anne is from one of the forum members here @atom outstanding coin.

    @Boosibri said:
    Well done! Great well matched set!

    What’s next?

    Honestly, I don't know but I am not in a hurry to start something new. I suspect I will get a few upgrades for this set in time but it is far too financially demanding a set for me to want to do something similar again.

    There's some interesting pieces I could expand this one to. Henry VIII Testoon, Milled Elizabeth Shilling, Charles I Briot Milled Issue, Commonwealth Shilling, Cromwell Shilling, Hammered Charles II shilling. Even a pine tree shilling would get an honorable spot if I could afford a nice one haha. But something just as daunting as this was, is not currently in my plans.

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    The best collecting goals lie right on the border between the possible and the impossible. - Andy Lustig, "MrEureka"

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,566 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And the age-old question…. Save it or sell it?

    Luckily, I’ll never finish my sets, so I’ll never have to sell them.

  • ClioClio Posts: 548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pruebas said:
    And the age-old question…. Save it or sell it?

    Luckily, I’ll never finish my sets, so I’ll never have to sell them.

    I have changed my mind a lot since I started back collecting and how I choose to handle my collection. So I can't predict how I will feel in the future.

    At this moment I've no intention to sell this. I am very proud of it and love the width of history it encompasses and the numismatic history it shows as well. I think as a collector it's important to me to have worked to assemble something that feels significant at least once. I will keep this as evidence of what I can do and likely going forward I'll be buying a lot cheaper coins that I find a passing interest and not focusing so much on producing more high grade sets.

    https://numismaticmuse.com/ My Web Gallery

    The best collecting goals lie right on the border between the possible and the impossible. - Andy Lustig, "MrEureka"

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Clio said:

    @pruebas said:
    And the age-old question…. Save it or sell it?

    Luckily, I’ll never finish my sets, so I’ll never have to sell them.

    I have changed my mind a lot since I started back collecting and how I choose to handle my collection. So I can't predict how I will feel in the future.

    At this moment I've no intention to sell this. I am very proud of it and love the width of history it encompasses and the numismatic history it shows as well. I think as a collector it's important to me to have worked to assemble something that feels significant at least once. I will keep this as evidence of what I can do and likely going forward I'll be buying a lot cheaper coins that I find a passing interest and not focusing so much on producing more high grade sets.

    I'd say you are in danger of becoming a numismatist vs. a collector. Well done.

  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nicely done, that's a fun set to look at.

  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for sharing your set and accomplishment! The coins looks wonderful together. I know they’re slabbed and will stay that way, but it would be amazing to see them in an old style English coin cabinet.
    How long did it take you to finish?

  • ClioClio Posts: 548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scubafuel said:
    Thanks for sharing your set and accomplishment! The coins looks wonderful together. I know they’re slabbed and will stay that way, but it would be amazing to see them in an old style English coin cabinet.
    How long did it take you to finish?

    I started the set March 8th of 2020. So not long all things considered.

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    The best collecting goals lie right on the border between the possible and the impossible. - Andy Lustig, "MrEureka"

  • Fantastic!

  • ELuisELuis Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats Sir, well done!

  • ClioClio Posts: 548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ELuis said:
    Congrats Sir, well done!

    @PBRat said:
    Fantastic!

    thanks! Now to decide what to do next :D

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    The best collecting goals lie right on the border between the possible and the impossible. - Andy Lustig, "MrEureka"

  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stunning set!

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,568 ✭✭✭✭✭

    COINgratulations on the achievement!

    Anne really knocks my sox off!


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