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How many of you would be interested in a new Registry set that would include 3 of the prettiest designs of American coinage. The Mercury Dime, the Standing Liberty Quarter, and the Walking Liberty Half Dollar.
I think this would be a great set and go very well together.
What are some other opinions?
I think this would be a great set and go very well together.
What are some other opinions?
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a straight forward reason for the set
I (we) understand what you're saying, it's just that to arbitrarily say these are "3 of the prettiest coins" would open the door for other to complain & say that they think another set should be created using 3 other coins because they think those are "3 of the prettiest coins"!
I do think a case can be made for the SLQ & Walker as they are the only (I'll have to check on this) coins depicting the full body of Miss Liberty. If there is another coin depicting her whole body, then I would say those would be the 3 for the set.
Excuse me?
Nowhere did you mention "complete set" in your original thread......
How many of you would be interested in a new Registry set that would include 3 of the prettiest designs of American coinage. The Mercury Dime, the Standing Liberty Quarter, and the Walking Liberty Half Dollar.
I think this would be a great set and go very well together.
Please write what you mean & mean what you write!
When you write about a 'design' registry set, I think (as did scottgardener) of a type set.
I just read the original post & some replies, I did not see your qualifier.
But I see you cleared this up on your 2nd response (NOT counting the original post.
Anyway, to answer your question, I would not be interested in such a set.
Would I partake in it?
Yes, but only because I do in every set I can.
I would not go out of my way to champion such a set.
Looks like there is not much interest here in the forum for this set, so I won't be asking BJ about it.
Still, the idea for a registry set of each date, mint mark, and variety of Mercury dime, standing liberty quarter, AND walking liberty half would in essense be a single set representing the summation of three smaller sets. Such a super-set would be pretty ambitious, but would certainly make for a nice collection.
However, I have a hard time seeing it actually being implimented, as it is pretty much a fairly arbitrary combination of coins that are of different denominations that only partially overlap. Yes, they do have the commonality of representing that great period from about 1907 to the mid-forties, from the point when Teddy Roosevelt wondered why American coins couldn't be much greater, to the point when Presidential portraits took over, leading up to the coins we see in change today. But, such a combination opens up a huge can of worms--seated liberty super-sets, capped bust super-sets, Indian / Saint Gaudens gold (good luck with that one), complete set of cents, and the list goes on. There's the question of Buffalo nickels, since they're from the same era.
It would be easier just to complete the three sets individually and claim bragging rights on each one. Having three individually ambitious sets completed is itself deserving of awards.
Still, if a poll were put in place, I wouldn't vote against it.
Just as a matter of record there is a seated super set and a barber super set and there will soon be a bust super set.
I just thought and still do that these 3 sets (Mercs, SLQs, and Walkers) go very well together, but since no one would be really interested in competing in this super set I will not pursue it any further.
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