Completion of a 10 year quest

boiler78 · June 26, 2004 11:03PM

I have been working on my 1858 small cent pattern set for a little over 10 years now and with the addition last week of this 203 I am finally complete. These coins have become increasingly difficult to find over the past 3-4 years. Special thanks to Rick Kay for locating this one for me.

maddogale · June 26, 2004 11:06PM

Cool!!! Congrats! Do you have any other pics of your pattern set for viewing? That one is just gorgeous!!

LanLord · June 26, 2004 11:08PM

That's way cool. Let's see em all

ARCO · June 26, 2004 11:11PM

Extremely cool set! Good work.

Tyler

Rampage · June 26, 2004 11:12PM

Agreed, very nice indeed! I would like to see pictures of the others as well.

Congratulations on the completion.

Robgetty · June 26, 2004 11:12PM

Congrats on finishing a very hard set!

goldrush00013 · June 26, 2004 11:17PM

Way to go!!!

Shamika · June 26, 2004 11:30PM

Great job maintaining focus. It really is the hardest part of collecting.

Nic · June 26, 2004 11:39PM

Totally cool. More pics please! K

EVillageProwler · June 26, 2004 11:42PM

Very nice, Boiler. As with the others, more pics please!

EVP

jbsteven · June 27, 2004 12:23AM

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO START COLLECTING NOW?

Franklins?

SarasotaFrank · June 27, 2004 12:48AM

of all the coins I see postyed on this forum, I find the ones boiler has collected to be the most stunning I have ever seen. The line up in his sig line just strikes me as an amazing display. To me, that is a collection of incredible beauty.

HalfCents · June 27, 2004 12:55AM

mercurynut · June 27, 2004 1:05AM

mgoodm3 · June 27, 2004 1:47AM

Wow. need a group photo of the 1858's

caitlin · June 27, 2004 2:00AM

Congratulaions goes out to you for such an undertaking and it must feel great completing the set. I applaud your accomplisment.

kranky · June 27, 2004 2:03AM

Outstanding, boiler78! You sure don't chase any easy sets, do you?

Congratulations on a fabulous achievement! You really need to put your stuff on a website somewhere so the rest of us can appreciate them, too.

ccr · June 27, 2004 2:11AM

Wow, good job boiler78!

That would be a cool set to have. Again, as with everyone else, showing off the set would be a cool thing to see.

boiler78 · June 27, 2004 3:33AM

Here is the collection. The image quality isn't the best but you can get the general idea. Now it is back to working on my Morgan pattern set

mrearlygold · June 27, 2004 3:37AM

Cool!

Rgrds
Tom

UncleWiggly · June 27, 2004 3:40AM

Nice! Any plans for your next set? Jerry

anoldgoat · June 27, 2004 3:40AM

Impressive set. Thanks for the pics.

JadeRareCoin · June 27, 2004 3:40AM

boiler78, congratulations!

Ed62 · June 27, 2004 3:45AM

Congratulations!! A great accomplishment and a beautiful set.

Now we should lobby the grading services to expand the registry sets to include collections like this one.

razorface1027 · June 27, 2004 3:47AM

Congratulations! Quite a accomplishment!

solid · June 27, 2004 4:13AM

That is very cool! Fantastic job!

Ken

BigE · June 27, 2004 4:25AM

Very nice Boiler, looks like it took you an average of about ten months to find each one of those! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, the thrill of the hunt

<--------------------------on your Morgans-----------------------------BigE

ms70 · June 27, 2004 4:53AM

cladking · June 27, 2004 5:02AM

Incredible! Congratulations.

Nic · June 27, 2004 9:48AM

WOW. K

nwcs · June 27, 2004 9:52AM

Yeah, now you need to make your set available to us for ogling.

Well, you don't need to but it would be sure nice if you did.

nwcs · June 27, 2004 9:53AM

Oops, replied before seeing that you posted pics. Now post bigger ones!

FatMan · June 27, 2004 9:55AM

Congrats on a great set.

Clankeye · June 27, 2004 9:58AM

Most excellent.

Really appreciate the picture of the whole collection, too.

Clankeye

boz · June 27, 2004 10:23AM

I love that particular eagle

Nice ccoin

Wolf359 · June 27, 2004 10:26AM

What an amazing accomplishment in a nearly impossible area to collect. Congradulations! Will your set ever be on display at any major coin shows? I'd love to see it in person.