I am planning on upping my finds to 500 silver coins, 1500 wheaties, 100 buffaloes, 10 Vs, and 5 IHCs.
I think that setting a very high goal improves motivation and makes you get more done, even if you don’t make your goal.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
I'm supposed to see a group of Spanish Colonial Cobs next Friday before leaving for FUN. I hope to add to my collection one more time before the end of the year.
As for next year, to continue to find interesting things that fit into my collections.
Q: When does a collector become a numismatist?
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
I'm going to focus less on sets and albums and more on eye-appealing individual coins. Coins with interesting features like die cracks, lathe lines, die polish, etc as well as good luster and color.
Time to sell everything I have collected for 48 years.
Many top registry sets.
Adios. Getting to old. My whole focus is selling now. Auctions and at shows.
I will post when they are consigned.
May take 3 or four years of constant consignments. Lots of world crowns too.
Stacks Bowers has been selling alot of my slabbed ugraded duplicate / U. S. Philippines for the last 4 years.
This year's New York auction has a bunch of high grades.
Such coins are no longer available on Bourse floors anymore as they were raw in the 80's
@Manifest_Destiny said:
Upgrade the 14 coins below VF in my liberty seated quarter collection. Tough goal though since the 14 include the 49-o, 64-s, 66-s, 70-cc, 71-cc, 71-s, 78-s.
My goal, as it has been for years, is to find nice quality coins that are straight graded and not coins that have problems in straight graded holders!
A real challenge lately. Way too many times the rare coins get a free pass from the TPGs, I'll not give in to this practice.
Buying coins with a CAC sticker will also be a top priority, (as it always has been) to help avoid the problem coins.
My goal is to first enjoy the time with my 7 yr. old daughter doing her Lincoln Whitman, and my 11 yr. old son doing his Washington Whitman. Hoping to add a few Morgans, and finally be astute enough to pick up a few coins for grading myself.
@krueger said:
Time to sell everything I have collected for 48 years.
Many top registry sets.
Adios. Getting to old. My whole focus is selling now. Auctions and at shows.
I will post when they are consigned.
May take 3 or four years of constant consignments. Lots of world crowns too.
Stacks Bowers has been selling alot of my slabbed ugraded duplicate / U. S. Philippines for the last 4 years.
This year's New York auction has a bunch of high grades.
Such coins are no longer available on Bourse floors anymore as they were raw in the 80's
BROTHER !! Me too. At least I have one settlement check coming the end of this month.. Another box of some stuff went out 2 days ago.
The selling hassle is getting me more in line with selling locally. I do have a good dealer in town.
Still can't get to parting with the darkside stuff though.
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Hopefully in 2024 I can spend less on gas and food and more on coins.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Have you seen how much a Mega box of Cheerios cost??
Mike
My Indians
Danco Set
Don’t hold your breath this is not over yet.
Buy 2 to 4 $20 Liberties depending on price.
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.
To buy as many of the DT Miller DMPL Morgans as I can. Which is probably one of them. If I'm lucky.
Continue to hand pick, and select, nice "junk" silver.
Pick up nice for the grade "cheap" cull silver dollars.
Pretty much continue adding to my 90% stack.
I am planning on upping my finds to 500 silver coins, 1500 wheaties, 100 buffaloes, 10 Vs, and 5 IHCs.
I think that setting a very high goal improves motivation and makes you get more done, even if you don’t make your goal.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Resolutions:
Collecting: Cents, Dansco 7070, Half Dollars, 1947, 1976, random pieces I like
My PCGS Registry
Hey! I'm not done with 2023 yet....
I'm supposed to see a group of Spanish Colonial Cobs next Friday before leaving for FUN. I hope to add to my collection one more time before the end of the year.
As for next year, to continue to find interesting things that fit into my collections.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
I would like to add 2 or 3 more DOGs this year. Maybe free a couple others to make room.
Add at least one meaningful coin to my core collection. Resist the urge to buy coins that aren’t keepers long term unless for resale.
Latin American Collection
I'm going to focus less on sets and albums and more on eye-appealing individual coins. Coins with interesting features like die cracks, lathe lines, die polish, etc as well as good luster and color.
Time to sell everything I have collected for 48 years.
Many top registry sets.
Adios. Getting to old. My whole focus is selling now. Auctions and at shows.
I will post when they are consigned.
May take 3 or four years of constant consignments. Lots of world crowns too.
Stacks Bowers has been selling alot of my slabbed ugraded duplicate / U. S. Philippines for the last 4 years.
This year's New York auction has a bunch of high grades.
Such coins are no longer available on Bourse floors anymore as they were raw in the 80's
Good market performance, buy it right, do well on the sell side of the ball.
I want to finish all the post 1916 slots in my 7070.
Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.
Down to 13 now and possibly 12 before 2023 ends.
Scale up sells of silver and gold coins and buy types I’m missing.
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Dan buy a silver coin, I GOT to see that!😳
Perhaps a nice ASE in 69-70! Oh wait, those won’t sticker.😂
This is one of the toughest things for me. It takes a lot of discipline and knowledge.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Finish the basic 7070 set - first and last pages are complete, but finding decent fairly priced coins seems to be a constant challenge....
Successful BST Transactions: erwindoc, VTchaser, moursund, robkool, RelicKING, Herb_T, Meltdown, ElmerFusterpuck
An 1893-S Morgan would be goal #1.
"Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
~Wayne
Not to consider this hobby an investment, to ensure I'm not disappointed.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
My goal, as it has been for years, is to find nice quality coins that are straight graded and not coins that have problems in straight graded holders!
A real challenge lately. Way too many times the rare coins get a free pass from the TPGs, I'll not give in to this practice.
Buying coins with a CAC sticker will also be a top priority, (as it always has been) to help avoid the problem coins.
Mike
My Indians
Danco Set
My goal is to first enjoy the time with my 7 yr. old daughter doing her Lincoln Whitman, and my 11 yr. old son doing his Washington Whitman. Hoping to add a few Morgans, and finally be astute enough to pick up a few coins for grading myself.
@Pedzola VERY NICE set !!!
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
BROTHER !!
Me too. 
At least I have one settlement check coming the end of this month.. Another box of some stuff went out 2 days ago.
The selling hassle is getting me more in line with selling locally. I do have a good dealer in town.
Still can't get to parting with the darkside stuff though.
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