Almost...but no cigar

tradedollarnut

A response by DH regarding a question on type sets in the Q&A forum: Also, the former owner of Spectrum Numismatics had a type set in which each coin was the rarest of the type...so his Liberty nickel nickel was a 1913, his Bust dollar was an 1804, etc...quite an accomplishment!

Almost every coin was the rarest - he only had an 1884 trade dollar!

That just shows how rare the 1885 truly is - when a determined wealthy collector who can afford anything available has to "settle" for an 1884!

I saw this set when it was on display at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas - wowza!!!! I have a few coins from the set (Eliasberg 1884 Trade $, Norweb 1838-O half, Eliasberg 1836 name below base Gobrecht) and am always looking for more!

EVillageProwler

Imagine the contrast between the Mandalay Set and the Braddick Set?



EVP

braddick

Heck- Fly me out there and put me up- I'll show off my Registry!

supercoin

It's not there any longer... apparently casino management realized having $12 million sitting around doing nothing wasn't enough of a draw to justify all the lost income in interest. All you collectors should have gambled more.

I saw it while it was there... the display was not worthy of the coins. Even had a bunch of mismatched slabs, some with crooked labels. Sheesh, could have sprung for a few $10 reholder fees. But, it was cool to see the millions sittin' there.

tradedollarnut

The casino had nothing to do with ownership of the coins. Mandalay just provided the space (for a fee, I bet!).

The type set has since been broken up.

I agree that the display was not really worthy of the coins - when I went, some of the coins I specifically wanted to see were in cases with burned out lightbulbs!