THE HISTORY OF DATED COIN SETS!
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THE HISTORY OF DATED COIN SETS!!!
REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY!!!
How did these various sets get their starting and ending dates??????????????
Of course, the sets got started based on the birth and death of a design series of coins.
However things began to change back in the 1950's and early 1960's, since 20th century coins sets were increasingly defined as pre 1934 and post 1934. This can still be seen in the greysheet as BU rolls prices are still shown for the 1934 to date era. Also the 1934 forward era was the era in which US gold no longer were minted as well as the era in which it neatly defined the break between the classic years of the early 20th century and the "modern" era of post 1934. Furthermore, no nickels, dimes, quarters or dollar coins were produced in 1933. Furthermore, only Washington quarters were minted in 1932 and they were originally intended as a comemmorative, but such quarter was the first coin to start the tidal wave of the change from the classic to the Presidential designs. At that time, BU and circulated sets from cents to halves were commonly put together from 1934 forward except for the Washington quarters which added the 1932 date. Then things began to change.............
Well, as I recall, it was the Blue Whitman and the Library of Coins books that along with other older coin peg books started the ball rolling for 20th century coins.
The lincoln cent book ran from 1909 to 1940. The 1940 date was the final year since they ran out of room and needed to do a part II book that ran from 1941 forward. Soon 1941 to current date (or 1958 depending who you asked) became all the rage. Then later on, the walkers followed suit and split the 1934-1947 series to 1941 to 1947 and the 1934 to the 1940 set. Dealers got on the bandwagon and started touting the 1941 to 1945 short set mercury dimes as well as the 1941 to 1964 washington quarters followed suit.
This touting of the affordable short sets from 1941 to 1945/1947/1964 probably was the of the leading factors attracting an unprecedented number of new coin collectors to the hobby in the 1970's along with the GSA dollar sales and a kinder gentler, US Mint.
Then of course the newest "modern" era was then defined as the clad years of 1965 forward. Soon enough, there will be ANOTHER modern era, not yet officially sanctioned and/or born. But if you ask the oldtimers, the "modern" era began in 1934. When we oldtimers die off, then the history will "move forward."
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REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY!!!
How did these various sets get their starting and ending dates??????????????
Of course, the sets got started based on the birth and death of a design series of coins.
However things began to change back in the 1950's and early 1960's, since 20th century coins sets were increasingly defined as pre 1934 and post 1934. This can still be seen in the greysheet as BU rolls prices are still shown for the 1934 to date era. Also the 1934 forward era was the era in which US gold no longer were minted as well as the era in which it neatly defined the break between the classic years of the early 20th century and the "modern" era of post 1934. Furthermore, no nickels, dimes, quarters or dollar coins were produced in 1933. Furthermore, only Washington quarters were minted in 1932 and they were originally intended as a comemmorative, but such quarter was the first coin to start the tidal wave of the change from the classic to the Presidential designs. At that time, BU and circulated sets from cents to halves were commonly put together from 1934 forward except for the Washington quarters which added the 1932 date. Then things began to change.............
Well, as I recall, it was the Blue Whitman and the Library of Coins books that along with other older coin peg books started the ball rolling for 20th century coins.
The lincoln cent book ran from 1909 to 1940. The 1940 date was the final year since they ran out of room and needed to do a part II book that ran from 1941 forward. Soon 1941 to current date (or 1958 depending who you asked) became all the rage. Then later on, the walkers followed suit and split the 1934-1947 series to 1941 to 1947 and the 1934 to the 1940 set. Dealers got on the bandwagon and started touting the 1941 to 1945 short set mercury dimes as well as the 1941 to 1964 washington quarters followed suit.
This touting of the affordable short sets from 1941 to 1945/1947/1964 probably was the of the leading factors attracting an unprecedented number of new coin collectors to the hobby in the 1970's along with the GSA dollar sales and a kinder gentler, US Mint.
Then of course the newest "modern" era was then defined as the clad years of 1965 forward. Soon enough, there will be ANOTHER modern era, not yet officially sanctioned and/or born. But if you ask the oldtimers, the "modern" era began in 1934. When we oldtimers die off, then the history will "move forward."
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REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY!!!
Then of course the newest "modern" era was then defined as the clad years of 1965 forward. Soon enough, there will be ANOTHER modern era, not yet officially sanctioned and/or born. But if you ask the oldtimers, the "modern" era began in 1934. When we oldtimers die off, then the history will "move forward."
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Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps. Peoples perception of time is not a constant, or
a smooth function like flight. Change accumulates until it is noticed or becomes appar-
ent suddenly. Just as the kid down the block continues to grow even during the long
years we don't see him, the aspects of the coin market to which we pay little attention
continue to change. While this is primarily an effect which applies to individuals it can
also apply to groups like numismatists. This effect will be more pronounced when indi-
viduals in the group tend to share characteristics such as age or experiences. Certain-
ly where time leaps for an entire group then it can be said that history itself is moving.
Began an influx of new collectors which will become so enormous that the mintages of some of the old "common" coins will be too small to allow completion of the sets by the new collectors. Most won't start a set there is no hope of completing.
piling gorgeous coins on the floor and laying in them.
Who cares about a series of coins that differs in just the date? Boring. A little fine point black marker and a good imagination and you
can turn 100 common date morgans into a complete set of mint state morgans.
It's just that easy.
adrian
They would scream if he did?