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as of last night my proof set run is complete.

kiddkidd Posts: 230
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I got the 1951 proof set yesterday afternoon. my collection is complete now from 1950 to date.

still going to try to get the older ones though.

for me this is quite an accomplishment. I just had to tell someone.image
If you can read this, your too close.

A DAMMIT BOY from Jonesy 1/25/05

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the cat ate my blue fish.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That IS quite an accomplishment, congratulations!

    Of course, gonna need to see a few pictures...

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • kiddkidd Posts: 230
    Wish i could post some, my son got a puppy and the s.o.b. ate the cable that goes from the camera to the computer. I have one ordered and it was supposed to be here 2 weeks ago.
    If you can read this, your too close.

    A DAMMIT BOY from Jonesy 1/25/05

    Lieutenant, Covert Operations
    Subcommittee

    my first POTD award 7/16/05
    the cat ate my blue fish.
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!!

    Are they in the original packaging, certified, albums, Capitol Holders?????

    Tell us more! image

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • kiddkidd Posts: 230
    they are all in original packaging except the 50, 51, 52, 53, and the 54. those are in capital holders. tried to find those in the original package, but settled for these. I hope the cable for the camera gets here soon so i can post some pics of a few of the coins in the 50`s.

    there are a few with some light toning, and one dime that is almost completely blue.image
    If you can read this, your too close.

    A DAMMIT BOY from Jonesy 1/25/05

    Lieutenant, Covert Operations
    Subcommittee

    my first POTD award 7/16/05
    the cat ate my blue fish.
  • LouisLouis Posts: 3,687
    Congrats. image
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  • HeywoodHeywood Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭
    Congrats-

    I still need the 50, 51 and 52. Been trying for original packaging for them, not easy or cheap, going for way over ASK!

    I've got 53 and 54 in box, with 2 * '55 in flats (One of them is missing the mint seal/emblem)


    A witty saying proves nothing- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)



    An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor

    does the truth become error because nobody will see it. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on your 1950 - present proof set collection. Now you can pick up new sets from the mont each year and work backwards to get the 1936-1942 sets. After that, if you still have the motivation you can go back and try to get even earlier sets.

    A couple of years ago I had a complete set from 1950 to 2002. However, I needed to raise cash and sold off the 1971 through 2002 sets. Now I concentrate on upgrading my 1950-1970 sets with cameo and deep camoe examples of all coins. Quite an undertaking and it is a work in progress. I also am considering picking up sets for 1936 - 1942.
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations. That is quite an accomplishment!!
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    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

    "Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."


    ~Wayne
  • kiddkidd Posts: 230
    The older sets, 36 thru 42, i figure i`ll pick them up certified. I`m not really worried about high grades there, just original coins.

    Those will have to wait awhile though. when you start talking anything over a grand my wife thinks i ought to match the amount and give it to her for her own use. hmmm wonder what individual coins would run me?image
    If you can read this, your too close.

    A DAMMIT BOY from Jonesy 1/25/05

    Lieutenant, Covert Operations
    Subcommittee

    my first POTD award 7/16/05
    the cat ate my blue fish.
  • jdsinvajdsinva Posts: 1,508 ✭
    Awesome achievement!image

    Jeff
    Jeff

    image

    Semper ubi sub ubi
  • dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
    Congratulations! It sounds like quite a set.

    Dan
    Dan McInnes

    mcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu">dmcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Congratulations! My wife only has two more sets than you. She also has the '42 and '41. That is a lot of proof coins!
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • ajiaajia Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭
    kidd,

    Was that a USB cable? Or firewire?

    If it was a USB, I can send one over to you if yours doesn't get there soon, IF you promise to post those pict's.

    Just PM me with address....
    image
  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭


    << <i>I got the 1951 proof set yesterday afternoon. my collection is complete now from 1950 to date.

    still going to try to get the older ones though.

    for me this is quite an accomplishment. I just had to tell someone.image >>



    Big congrats from here image

    I finished the same thing last spring and felt great about it. I managed to pick up a very nice 1950 set with a Blue Frankie along the way, so I've got two of those sets.

    Now I'm into the '36-'42 era and it does get mighty steep. I've found that the best route there seems to be going with individual certified coins. At a show last fall I looked at a '39 set in original packaging, had a pretty purple tinted Merc in it. The sticker shock was just too much for me though. image

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    "Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."
    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
  • kiddkidd Posts: 230
    I bought a 1960 for $10 and it ended up being the small mm set, so i have both 60`s now. and i bought a 81 for $12 off Ebay and when i got it, it was the clear s variety. those are the two best buys i got putting this set together.image
    If you can read this, your too close.

    A DAMMIT BOY from Jonesy 1/25/05

    Lieutenant, Covert Operations
    Subcommittee

    my first POTD award 7/16/05
    the cat ate my blue fish.
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Congrats on the proof set collection!! How do you store all of them, and do you ever have to replace/upgrade certain sets because of any hazing/turning that happens to some individual coins?
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • kiddkidd Posts: 230
    I have a safe with a dehumidifier to store them in. So far i`ve not seen any change in the coins. I hope they stay just as i purchased them. well.. if they want to do some cool toning, that would be alright.image
    If you can read this, your too close.

    A DAMMIT BOY from Jonesy 1/25/05

    Lieutenant, Covert Operations
    Subcommittee

    my first POTD award 7/16/05
    the cat ate my blue fish.
  • HeywoodHeywood Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭
    You mentioned you got some of the varieties by accident, Would you have gone after them on purpose?
    do you (Or others here) count the varieties (Large date, no "S" Etc.) in your Complete run?

    I just Picked up a nice '52 in the box, an am kicking myself for passing a a nicer '50 in the box (only slightly over ask).


    A witty saying proves nothing- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)



    An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor

    does the truth become error because nobody will see it. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

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