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New coin for my seated type set
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Asd discussed elsewhere, I am embarking on a 26 coin seated type set. Here is the first coin to make it in:
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Bruce
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
I remember you talking about the set that you came up with. Could you expound on the guidelines for the set and what criteria you are holding yourself to regarding originality, color, grade etc.?
I love the idea of breaking out of the mold and making a set that fits ones own budget and taste. The NGC and new PCGS registry both allow for a customizable (non competitive) registry set to be built as well. I love it.
John
siliconvalleycoins.com
<< <i>Robert,
I remember you talking about the set that you came up with. Could you expound on the guidelines for the set and what criteria you are holding yourself to regarding originality, color, grade etc.?
I love the idea of breaking out of the mold and making a set that fits ones own budget and taste. The NGC and new PCGS registry both allow for a customizable (non competitive) registry set to be built as well. I love it.
John >>
Here are the components for my type set:
Half dimes: Five
No Stars
No drapery
Drapery
Arrows
Legend
Dimes: Six
No Stars
No drapery
Drapery
Arrows (1853-5)
Legend
Arrows (1873-4)
Twenty cent: One
Quarters: Six
No drapery
Drapery
Arrows and Rays
Arrows, No Rays
With Motto
Arrows/With Motto
Halves: Six
No drapery
Drapery
Arrows and Rays
Arrows, No Rays
With Motto
Arrows/With Motto
Dollars: Two (or three)
No Motto
With Motto
Trade dollar (optional)
Gobrecht (optional)
I will be seeking MS coins with some color and some flash, but not necessarily a lot of color. Originality, or the original look, is of paramount importance. The coins will grade 63-66 or so. I expect the seated dollars to be in the lower end of that grade range. I would like all four mints to be represented (P, S, CC, and O), but I expect most coins will be Philly mint. Taht's pretty much it.
Seated type set?
Cheer up, Longy, there's life beyond southern gold.
Can I be first in line for one of your old gold cast-offs?
Never thought I'd hear that from you!
How come you haven't cracked it out yet?
<< <i>Don't forget the Gobrechts [tsk tsk!]
Hey, let's leave the Gobrecht's out of this. Really. This is an everyman's type set. Just about anyone could complete it in XF. Add the Gobs and you have eliminated many potential collectors from it.
<< <i>Cheer up, Longy, there's life beyond southern gold.
WWDWD?*
*What would Doug Winter do?
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
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<< <i>Don't forget the Gobrechts [tsk tsk!]
Hey, let's leave the Gobrecht's out of this. Really. This is an everyman's type set. Just about anyone could complete it in XF. Add the Gobs and you have eliminated many potential collectors from it. >>
Well, sure - except the Gobrechts are the coins that started the whole seated liberty design. If you're gonna do a type set, do it right! [or at least add it to the list as optional].
ps - now the even worse news: there's two distinct types of Gobrechts released into circulation. Stars reverse, no stars obverse and stars obverse, no stars reverse. For a truly complete type set, both should be required.
<< <i>Well, sure - except the Gobrechts are the coins that started the whole seated liberty design. If you're gonna do a type set, do it right! [or at least add it to the list as optional]. >>
True. I'm about as everyman as they come, and I'm in favor of that being an optional type. It's probably more fitting in this set than the Trade Dollar, IMO. The Trade Dollar's obverse design was based on the old British pennies going back to at least the late 1700s.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
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<< <i>Well, sure - except the Gobrechts are the coins that started the whole seated liberty design. If you're gonna do a type set, do it right! [or at least add it to the list as optional]. >>
True. I'm about as everyman as they come, and I'm in favor of that being an optional type. It's probably more fitting in this set than the Trade Dollar, IMO. The Trade Dollar's obverse design was based on the old British pennies going back to at least the late 1700s. >>
An Everyman's type set in EF, perhaps; an Everyman's type set in the MS grade range you have chosen, not a chance. Therefore, bone up and include the Gobrecht!
Well, sure - except the Gobrechts are the coins that started the whole seated liberty design. If you're gonna do a type set, do it right! [or at least add it to the list as optional].
Okay, okay, I made the Gobrecht optional, but spare me the Gobrecht types! For me personally, it would be a matter of finding one that is acceptable and in my price range. I doubt that the condition would be in line with the rest of the set. As a collector, I am more inclined to classify the Gobrecht as a pattern though many clearly did circulate. It's somewhat of a gray area.
When I conceived the seated type set as listed, my thought was to allow nearly anyone to participate and not be intimidated by the amount that completing the set would cost. I think that having a Gobrecht as a required coin would turn some folks away.
Sounds like a set I'm doing. Save the original looking ones for me.
roadrunner
Bruce Scher