filled two big holes today.

spinaker2000 · February 5, 2004 10:39AM

And i'm not talking about working in the park either.

I got two harder to find SA proof 1/2ds today in the mail. The 1950 (mintage 500) and the 1959 (mintage 900). My set of proof 1/2ds is complete from 1948-1960!!

The dealer also had a 1944 1/2d proof so I snagged that too.

The goal is to complete a set from 1923-1960 (many years none were produced), but the limited mintages of a few of them (16pcs, 20pcs,.. etc) will make it a lifelong ambition.

Here's my have list:

1923 x3
1944 x2
1945
1948 thru 1960.

cosmicdebris · February 5, 2004 10:44AM

So we have dupes already? Looks like you should have a giveaway with them

spinaker2000 · February 5, 2004 10:47AM

This is a hoard, there are no dupes!!

cosmicdebris · February 5, 2004 10:51AM

lordmarcovan · February 5, 2004 10:53AM

We detectorists can often fill holes in our collections by diggin' holes...

D'you reckon when you complete your set, it'll be the only complete one? Some o' dem tings had pretty minuscule mintages. I knew when I completed my Irish set that there were less than 500 such sets in the world- far less- since 500 was the mintage of the rarest coin in there.

But, shoot, I guess 500 is a common date in your set. That's another thing I like about early proofs- they look like a coin should, and they're scarce.

spinaker2000 · February 5, 2004 10:58AM

Since you put it that LM, I suppose that the greatest number of complete sets would be 12. That is the lowest mintage coin. I doubt that such a rareity would ever be separated from it's proof set.