Finished My Shilling By Monarch Set Today 20/20!
Clio
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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.
Past Discussions: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1086215/shillings-by-monarch-updated-6-16-2023#latest
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Superb set! Congrats and enjoy
Congrats Clio! Wonderful set! Awesome to see you sticking to your principals in terms of quality and eye appeal!
8 Reales Madness Collection
Now that IS a nice set!
Beautiful! I love the Queen Anne.
Wowee !
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Cool collection. Congrats!
My current "Box of 20"
Well done! Great well matched set!
What’s next?
Latin American Collection
Thanks everyone! Just a reminder that the Anne is from one of the forum members here @atom outstanding coin.
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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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.
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I'd say you are in danger of becoming a numismatist vs. a collector. Well done.
Latin American Collection
Nicely done, that's a fun set to look at.
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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Fantastic!
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Congrats Sir, well done!
thanks! Now to decide what to do next
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Stunning set!
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COINgratulations on the achievement!
Anne really knocks my sox off!
Just wanted to share two recent upgrades.
PCGS MS62
NGC MS65+
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Congrats… nice upgrades
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Nice upgrades! Any others on the upgrade list?
Latin American Collection
There are 3 outliers for me.
William and Mary continue to evade me. I would like a MS example. It would push my set to being all MS milled examples. There is one at stacks right now, but I can't get behind it. Just not attractive on the whole.
George IV is pretty easy to get in 66 if I go for an 1825. But it's a different type coin and I much prefer the 1821 types. I've one at grading now I think will be a 64 but my end goal is really a nice MS65/66. There was an NGC MS66+ floating around for a while that looked like a 64 to me. Failed to sell multiple times and has been on the market 6x times I've counted. Clearly the market has spoken on it.
Edward VII is the last one. It seems the vast majority of them cap out at MS64. I would love a 66 but there's only a handful out there. Ha actually has a 66 up for auction but for the most part it really doesn't do anything for me. Just a blast white example. I would prefer something with nice toning.
The last one not on that list since it's not a registry coin would be the hammered coins. I do think I want a nicer Charles I. Specifically I'd love to have a Briot example. A milled issue that was briefly made. There is one up for auction I am anticipating trying to chase but I am unsure I can secure funds in time. The two I just posted set me back pretty hard and I've been slow to recoup the funds.
Grade is important but eye appeal is #1 for me. I will continue to try and find nice well-matched pieces.
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