POLL: What is the toughest 20th century non-gold business strike series to complete in any grade?
oldcameoproofsguy
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The poll includes complete- overlapping 19th to 20th series. Consider a full run of coins with all dates and mint marks. Also consider the different types but exclude varieties. For example, Lincoln cents would include a full run of dates and mint marks with the wheat and the Lincoln memorial reverses but not varieties like the '55 or the '72 double dies.
For all you Lurkers the choices are:
Indian cents
Lincoln cents
Liberty Nickels
Buffalo Nickels
Jefferson Nickels
Barber dimes
Mercury dimes
Roosevelt dimes
Barber quarters
Standing Liberty quarters
Washington quarters
Barber halfs
Walking Liberty half dollars
Franklin half dollars
Kennedy Half dollars
Morgan dollars
Peace dollars
Ike dollars
Susan B Anthony dollars
Sacs
For all you Lurkers the choices are:
Indian cents
Lincoln cents
Liberty Nickels
Buffalo Nickels
Jefferson Nickels
Barber dimes
Mercury dimes
Roosevelt dimes
Barber quarters
Standing Liberty quarters
Washington quarters
Barber halfs
Walking Liberty half dollars
Franklin half dollars
Kennedy Half dollars
Morgan dollars
Peace dollars
Ike dollars
Susan B Anthony dollars
Sacs
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Comments
2nd to the morgans I would say barber quarters because of a number of very expensive key dates even in circ grades.
BUT, I misunderstood the question. I voted before I read the first post. It was only then that I realized that pre 1900 coins were included. There are lots of Morgans from the 1800s so I would probably have to vote for them but I should go look up Indian Cents and Barber coins to see how many date/mm coins there are pre-1900.
Conclusion: I dunno...this is a tough question. If you, say, want to put together an average set, say in AU, then I would say the Barber Quarter wins. But, like I said, it's a GOOD tough question.
jom
PS: I don't think the Morgan should be anywhere near the top on this particular list.
Next time you are in a shop, any shop, see how many of the three key dates they have available.
As for Morgans, one shop I frequent has 8 of every date and mint on display for sale. (NO, it doesn't include the '95 proof.) Tough series? Hardly.
Got quoins?
So I picked Buffalo Nickels, those overdates can be tough.
Russ, NCNE
If you only count regular issues, probably Barber quarters.
Any Barber set and Morgans would be impossible in MS-65 or better because the populations and too many wore out ones especially even those straight out of the mint!
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I thought we only limited ourselves to 1900-date coins so that 1895 Morgan should not be in the list to consider.
Since the rule said in any grade, my vote went to Barber quarter since 1901-S is very tough to find and 1913-S is also tough.
If I have two votes, the next one is standing liberty quarter since it also has two tough coins even in low grade, 1916 and 1918/7-S.
you wouldn't think walkers were tough if you'd ever sorted through a few $800 bags of circs!!
i went with SLQ's because there are a couple of tough dates and so many coins, like buffalo's, which have a partial or very difficult to read date. besides, i think it's a sweet design with the best looking rim of any U.S. issue.
al h.
roadrunner
jom
To me this is really interesting. There is no clear cut answer. In fact the answers are quite diverse and there is no run away winner. Some, however, are really baffling to me.
I'm surprized by the number of people who chose Barber Half dollars and Barber dimes when IMO the quarters are far more difficult. There were very few for Lincoln cents which shear size alone would make it somewhat difficult. I am also surprized to see very few votes for Indian cents. It too is a long series with a number of stoppers.
SBA dollars got two votes. Maybe they are so ugly to look at, that the series becomes a tough one to collect let alone complete.