Complete direction change with pictures
LanLord
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Starting in 2022, I began looking at a large conglomeration of coins.
Some looked like it was a collection but overall just too many directions were being worked on.
I had lost interest in collecting as a whole (personal reasons), and talked with my friend John at Silicon Valley coins about my changes in collecting enjoyment.
We came up with a plan to reduce all the jetsam and flotsam and improve what was already a pretty nice slabbed us type set.
Here are the additions. These 13 coins replace several hundred (or more) coins which were in albums, 2x2s, slabs and rolls.
I couldn’t be happier.
I genuinely appreciate the help as well as support John has provided in the two decades we’ve been friends.
There’s a couple more things coming, but I don’t know what they are yet.
1797 cent 
1909 MPL
1866 2 cent
1864 3 cent silver 
1837 half dime 
1867 half dime 
1838 o dime
1916 SQL
1800 dollar 
1836 Gobrecht dollar 
1862 gold dollar 
1876 cc 5 dollar 
1928 st gaudens 20 dollar
Comments
Wow, that's awesome! Congratulations on narrowing your focus and the newps. They look really nice.
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Nice! Love that 1838 O Dime.
I’m pretty inept at uploading, but I think the editor has it out for me
I also changed the spelling of a word that I apparently totally mistyped or got spellchecked!
It’s been a fun change in direction.
Wonderful - you have clearly focused on eye appeal.
Hard to pick a favorite but really like the 38-O half- dime and dime. And the Gobrecht. And the CC half eagle.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
The coins you choose to fill your new collecting pursuits are beautiful.
I like them all and think the 1916 SLQ and the Matte VDB Lincoln are awesome inclusions.
It's all about what the people want...
I smiled on that one
Impressive coins.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Whoa dude...🤯
Awesome! I'm also an advocate of a focused collection. Less is more.
Very, very nice. Congrats! Beautiful coins.
Nice coins! Sooooo, going for a box of 20 or just 13?
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Getting rid of your "accumulation" and focusing on a "collection" is definitely the right way to go because look at the quality of the coins you know have.
WS
Really nice moves. Quality almost always trumps quantity in this game. They're all nice but I really like the SLQ and the no-stars seated coins.
Big win switching out an accumulation for those terrific type coins.
That '64 3c really grabs me.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Its actually 8 boxes of about 18 coins each. It’s still a large number of coins, but much easier to manage.
It’s not a full US type set yet, and I don’t expect I’ll ever get there.
But it’s got a robust set of most US type.
Nice coins! I need to do that as well, I will report back in 2026.
Very nice assembly of fantastic pieces.
Wonderful change of direction!
I should send John a 20-lb box of junk coins to see what he sends back.
Wow. All of them are very wholesome coins.
Good deal, good friend.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Nice array of quality coins - congratulations on a job well done!
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That is a really great looking type set you have going there.
Congratulations on some iconic pieces.
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