The hardest collection??

pbyco

Here's a new twist on collecting coins - take your favorite coin and try to find certified examples of this ONE date and mintmark in all grades from PO01 to MS70 and all grades and subgrades in between (i.e. PO01, FR02, AG03, G04, G06, VG08, VG10, etc. Bet no one out there has a set like this. It would be hard on both the high and low ends to complete. It would be cool to see the grade progression on this

nwcs

If anyone has tried, it's probably braddick.

fivecents

That could be a PCGS "grade" registry set. Yes that would be a difficult set.

Fairlaneman

PO1 graded Merc...that has disgust written all over it. and just plain YUK.

ARCO

Well, unless the set were a modern date the high pop MS69 and MS70 unc. grades would be impossible, of course finding low grades from PO01 to VG8 would be very difficult in the later years.

In older sets the set would be pretty easy until the Unc. Grades of MS67 and higher when the house would need to be mortgaged. I bet the easiest set to do this set would be the mid twentieth century coins. Lincolns, jeffersons, Washingtons or Franklins.

Tyler

XpipedreamR

I'll admit at first I thought, "Yeah, that sounds like a great idea" <barf>


But actually, that might be pretty cool to see the progression through the grades, especially if the coins were all well matched and the same year/mint.

Geoman

Actually, I am trying to put together a grading set of Merc's in PCGS holders. My goal is to get the following certified grades: G-4, VG-8, F-12, VF-20, EF-40, AU-50, AU-55, MS-60, MS-61, MS-62, MS-63, and MS-64. So far, I have only gotten a PCGS AU-58. (And I do not want to even think about FB's)

Since this is a grading set, I want to find the cheapest coins possible. But you are correct, since most of the coins in low grade aren't expensive, no one slabs say a 1945-P in a G-4. The only G-4's or VG-8's I'll see slabbed are probably the 1916-D, maybe the 21's? (which are too expensive for a grading set, and I couldn't afford them anyways). So it is really tough to do this. I started several months ago, even posted a message the the B/S/T board, but no takers. The one PCGS slab I have (AU-58) I bought off eBay.

originalisbest

If you're really after a grading set - and don't want to have the expense of low-grade keys - you may need to submit raw coins yourself. Look at it this way, you'll have a very unique, lo-pop set!

pbyco

I'm with ARCO on this one - new coins will be no problem in MS grades, but near impossible in grades less 40 or so since no one would pay to have these graded. On the flip side, an 1880 Morgan would be easy in grades 01-66 but would get really hard and expensive in 67+ and non existant in 70.

Still if I had some very disposable income this would be fun to try - remember it has to be the same coin, date and mintmark for the full spectrum of grades...

njcoincrank

Try this...

I collect PCGS and NGC slabs, every variety, with the same date, denomination, and grade.

An example would be an 1881-s Morgan MS-64 in each and every different slab by PCGS and NGC.

By the way, I don't collect the above mentioned coin. It is something totally different. (GRASSHOPPER, DO NOT SAY ANYTHING!)

njcoincrank

Geoman

This is interesting........

I do not have access to the pop reports. What coins have graded MS70? Similarly for any PR70?