Who collects a series from only one mint?

shirohniichan

Which series and which mint do you collect? Does your set have any "stoppers"?

After finding a number of New Orleans coins in a silver dollar hoard, I've considered assembling a set. One benefit is that it would be the least expensive long set to collect (compared to San Francisco, Carson City, or even Philadelphia). Denver would be a rather small set, by the way.

Cladiator

I collect the Capped Bust half dime and that was only produced at the Philly mint. There are no stoppers at all in the date set. If you collect by marriage or re-marriage there are a handfull of pretty heavy "slower-downers"...I don't like to call them stoppers

ziggy29

<< <i>Which series and which mint do you collect? Does your set have any "stoppers"?

After finding a number of New Orleans coins in a silver dollar hoard, I've considered assembling a set. One benefit is that it would be the least expensive long set to collect (compared to San Francisco, Carson City, or even Philadelphia). Denver would be a rather small set, by the way. >>

A set of O-mint dollars would be a really impressive set if you concentrated on sharply struck pieces.

Cladiator

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<< <i>Which series and which mint do you collect? Does your set have any "stoppers"?

After finding a number of New Orleans coins in a silver dollar hoard, I've considered assembling a set. One benefit is that it would be the least expensive long set to collect (compared to San Francisco, Carson City, or even Philadelphia). Denver would be a rather small set, by the way. >>

A set of O-mint dollars would be a really impressive set if you concentrated on sharply struck pieces. >>



The 4 Seated coins would be pricey. Of the 26 Morgans 3 of them would be pretty hefty price wise. Might make a cool set though.

dbldie55

Denver Minted Liberty Nickels are quite easy to collect (and cheap)

ziggy29

<< <i>The 4 Seated coins would be pricey. Of the 26 Morgans 3 of them would be pretty hefty price wise. Might make a cool set though. >>

The cool and impressive factor comes from selecting sharply struck pieces. Several of the O-mint Morgans are common as dirt even in 64 and 65, but even they are hard to find with a hammered strike.

And great strikes for the O-mint coins in the early 1890s are almost unknown. I think sharply struck, better-date choice AU O-mints are among the best buys in the Morgan series.

RYK

I collect (primarily) half eagles. I started with the Dahlonega mint, added New Orleans, and more recently Charlotte.

Barndog

Capped bust half dimes here too...all Philadelphia mint.

RichieURich

If you collect half cents, large cents, two cent pieces, three cent nickels, early half dimes, capped bust half dimes, shield nickels, draped bust dimes, capped bust dimes, draped bust quarters, capped bust quarters, early halves, capped bust halves, early dollars, Gobrecht dollars, capped bust quarter eagles, stellas, capped bust half eagles, and/or capped bust eagles, then you collect a series from only one mint.

marmac

I have a date set of S mint morgans that I have been buidling forever...

michael

Which series and which mint do you collect?

all over the place

Does your set have any "stoppers"?

absolutely and unfortunately NOT

jdsinva

I collect 1878-S Morgans, with somewhere near 100 VAMs for this year & mint, I still have a ways to go. Long nocks are always tough and there are a few other interesting yet tough ones to find. . .

shirohniichan

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<< <i>The 4 Seated coins would be pricey. Of the 26 Morgans 3 of them would be pretty hefty price wise. Might make a cool set though. >>

The cool and impressive factor comes from selecting sharply struck pieces. Several of the O-mint Morgans are common as dirt even in 64 and 65, but even they are hard to find with a hammered strike.

And great strikes for the O-mint coins in the early 1890s are almost unknown. I think sharply struck, better-date choice AU O-mints are among the best buys in the Morgan series. >>



At least the 1859-O and 1860-O dollars are some of the easiest seated dollars to find on AU.

What intrigued me about the O-mint Morgans is their affordability in AU, especially for having come from a defunct mint. To be quite frank, Morgans aren't really my thing from an aesthetic standpoint, but the coolness factor here gives a good bang for the buck.

CarsonCityGold

There are 111 different Carson City Mint coins including both the gold and silver. I currently have 94 in my registry set. My realistic goal is to reach 100 coins. The absolute stoppers in my budget are 73CC No Arrows Dime, 76CC Twenty Cent, 70CC $20 Gold. After that it is a matter of condition,eye appeal,price as to whether they are show stoppers.

shirohniichan

The absolute stoppers in my budget are 73CC No Arrows Dime, 76CC Twenty Cent, 70CC $20 Gold.

To justify not buying extremely rare coins, I don't even try to collect coins not released for circulation (like the 76-CC double dime).

MrHalfDime

"Who collects a series from only one mint?"

Interesting thought. I first read your question, I thought of the very few Liberty Seated collectors who responded to the LSCC half dime census, who collected half dimes only from the New Orleans Mint. If done by die marriage, as these few collectors chose to do, it is an interesting and challenging task.

However, both Cladiator and Barndog make a good point. Collecting the Flowing Hair, Draped Bust and Capped Bust half dimes (or any other denomination, for that matter) limits you to the only mint that was operating .......... until 1838, when the New Orleans, Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints all began production. Probably not in the intended spirit of your question, but that's how it works out. So all Bust collectors collect a series from just one mint.

RichieURich

<< <i>There are 111 different Carson City Mint coins including both the gold and silver. I currently have 94 in my registry set. My realistic goal is to reach 100 coins. The absolute stoppers in my budget are 73CC No Arrows Dime, 76CC Twenty Cent, 70CC $20 Gold. After that it is a matter of condition,eye appeal,price as to whether they are show stoppers. >>



CCGold, you don't consider the 1873-CC No Arrows quarter a stopper?

CarsonCityGold

<< <i>CCGold, you don't consider the 1873-CC No Arrows quarter a stopper? >>



Absolutely its a stopper for me, I just hit the first ones that came to mind.

ziggy29

<< <i>Probably not in the intended spirit of your question, but that's how it works out. So all Bust collectors collect a series from just one mint. >>

What about the 1839-O bust half, and if you're VERY deep-pocketed, the 1838-O half as well? They're a different type than the 1807-36 Busties, but they still are capped bust halves with mintmarks.

RichieURich

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<< <i>CCGold, you don't consider the 1873-CC No Arrows quarter a stopper? >>



Absolutely its a stopper for me, I just hit the first ones that came to mind. >>




I was wondering, I've been looking for an affordable one for about 30 years, the opportunity hasn't arrived yet. I'm working on the silver CC's and have found the same 3 stoppers that you did.

ledzep87

The only series that I collect from one mint is the Bust series.

Coinhog

I have a set of proof platinums. They are only produced, in tiny mintages, from the West Point mint.

MrHalfDime

"What about the 1839-O bust half, and if you're VERY deep-pocketed, the 1838-O half as well"

Strictly speaking, you are correct, but I don't know any Bust half Nuts who collect the reeded edge halves. They are, for some reason, the orphans of the half dollar world, snubbed by both the Bust Half Nuts and also by the Liberty Seated half dollar collectors.

MacCrimmon

Tower Mint, London.

Yes, there are many stoppers.

shirohniichan

<< <i>Tower Mint, London.

Yes, there are many stoppers. >>



The cool thing about collecting Royal Mint coins is that they were struck for so many different countries.

However, both Cladiator and Barndog make a good point. Collecting the Flowing Hair, Draped Bust and Capped Bust half dimes (or any other denomination, for that matter) limits you to the only mint that was operating .......... until 1838, when the New Orleans, Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints all began production. Probably not in the intended spirit of your question, but that's how it works out. So all Bust collectors collect a series from just one mint.

Yea, verily.

I meant to ask who collects coins from one mint particularly for where they were struck rather than due to the fact that no other mints struck coins for the series they prefer.

majorbigtime

Everyone who collects pre 1838 series!

FatMan

Dahlonega Type Set. Nine coins total. Five are single year types and all five are tough. But the wallet breakers are the 1855-D One type II dollar (1811 mintage), and 1854-D Three (1120 mintage).

Lakesammman

Small cent patterns 1856-1864 - all from Philly.

clw54

I'm gravitating to seated Carson City now. It's far scarcer than the Morgans and inexpensive for the scarcity. Compared to Morgans, that is. Some of the mintages are so low, that a Morgan with a comparable mintage would go for five figures.