POLL: Which denomination has the highest number of coins in your collection?

oldcameoproofsguy

What denomination do you primarily collect? That is to say, which denomination has the highest number of coins in your collection? Why did you end up with more of that particular denomination?

LucyBop

SURPRISINGLY, probably 10c's.... My Roosies and Winged Libertys out number anything else I have...

oldcameoproofsguy

HepKitty,

I never would have guessed that!

kieferscoins

Sample slab collection has the most coins in it.

Cameron Kiefer

Russ

I'd have to check to be sure, but I think it might be half dollars.

Russ, NCNE

CarlWohlforth

Nickels. I have a set of proof Jeffersons. Then I'm working on a type set, which also has nickels as well as every other denomination. Next is dimes.

Barry

Definitely dimes. Have completed pre-1965 Rosies, Mercs, Barbers, Seated, and now working on Bust.

stujoe

Checking the trusty Excel spreadsheet, the cent wins in my collection with 238 followed closely by dimes with 227 and nickels with 218.

Edited to add: that only includes coins that I cosider my collection. If I include accumulations, the numbers might change but the cent would still win.

paigowjohnny

Morgans....fell in love with them as a kid....got determined to fill a business strike set (i.e. no 95-P). Am about 4 coins away, (if you don't count the capped CC 79-CC and the 79-S rev 78)

berylcoin

It's the 5 cent coins for me. Combining the nickels and half dimes puts them over the top. Also, those are two of the more complete areas of my type set.

BC

lordmarcovan

Sixpence.







As to Liteside stuff, I guess it would have to be large cents. (The 1800-57 date set on the back of the Holey Coin Vest).

Joe31313

I collect Morgans but seem to have a lot of wheat pennies.

ms71

Gold dollars. Love the Type III design & can't afford the $3's.

Veep

Between a WL Short Set and numerous Classic Commens, it has to be halves.

I don't count all of the junk nickels, dimes and pennies found metal detecting as part of a collection.

topstuf

Well it all comes down to dollars and cents.


DOLLARS.....why? Because I have NEVER seen a coin dealer or collector who didn't want a dollar.

cladking

Mostly quarters in my collection. When it was announced in '74 that there would
be a circulating quarter for the bicentennial I started concentrating on them since
it seemed apparent that any future circulating commem would also likely be a quarter.
The gems were just the right balance between being hard to find and actually obtainable
anyway and within a few years I started collecting them.

FatMan

Dollars first. Morgan, Peace, Trade, Modern Commems, ASEs,Ike,Sac,SBA - 305 pcs
Halves next. Early Commems, Modern Commems, Kennedys, Franklin, Walker -74 pcs

ER

Silver dollar, of course.

onlyroosies

Dimes, Dimes and more Dimes. I think my answer would be......Dimes

mact

Dimes followed by dollars, I think the dimes have been more reasonably priced which gives more bang for the buck.

matt

Woodwind

Definately dollars, followed by cents and half dollars.

trozau

100 Yuan

ms70

Interesting thread! Nickels for now.

DCAMFranklin

Definitely halves. Nice designs and lots of collectors providing strong demand and high liquidity.

rainbowroosie

I have a few dimes.........................

haletj

In order of what I have the most of...

1c, 5c, 10c, 25c (not counting state quarters), 50c, 1$, 3c (3 of them), 2c (2 of them), 1/2 c, 20c, $2.5, $5, $10 (one each).

kamehameha00

i envy who ever has the most gold in his/her collection...cents 4 me!

Lakesammman

Only small cents, like this one.

docday2003

I like the 5¢ pieces the best!

darktone

$10 liberty's are my favorite but I have more $5 coins. mike

Fairlaneman

I have a Few Dimes also.....

Ken

toyonakataro

I voted for 5 cents, but I really wanted to vote for half dimes..I have roughly 50 so far.

MrMoo

Hmmm I have 3, count them 3, coins in my collection. So it is 33.33% between Dime, Dollar, and Half.

BigBucNutts

Gold 2 1/2 Indians

wingedliberty

SURPRISINGLY, they are not Frankies.


Brian.

Deadhorse

Morgans by a long shot, or so I thought. According to my trusty Excel spread sheets, the Mercury dimes are are closing fast.

oreville

$100 coins??

oldcameoproofsguy

<< <i>$100 coins?? >>


I was thinking of the $100 Platinum Eagles.

oldcameoproofsguy

Oooops! I guess if I had considered $100 Platinum Eagles I should have included $25 Platinum Eagles.

Newkid

I run a coin shop so I would have to say WHEAT CENTS!!!

islemangu

Dollars then halves.

dddangerousdan

Not counting the roll set of state quarters it is the Lincoln cent. I have a complete set of lincolns and a bunch of indians and a few large cents.

DAN

Trime

To this point I stand alone in the 3C category. I sort of like it that way. If I ever complete my perfect collections of 3CS and 3CN, I will write a series of articles hyping these series. Be prepared for the distant future.

Conder101

It's a close race between cents and 1/2 pennys. I have about 300 early date large cents (238 different varieties), maybe 60 middle and late dates, complete set of indians, complete set of lincolns, and a second set of wheats missing the three keys. Maybe 700 pieces. Then I have right around 600 different 1/2 penny Conder tokens (Plus about 50 duplicates.).