When you finish your set what will you do?

Keyrock

After all those hard years, countless shows, numerous trips to the post office, what will you do when your done building the set your working on?

Id like to think I'll keep improving my sets and hand them down to the kids some day (geez I hope they don't sell them , maybe need to put a stipulation in the will....)

Rich

braddick

Upgrades! Upgrades!

Boey

Boey

Once I finish my set and make sure that it will stay in the top 5, I am going to have it sent in to PCGS and get it Pedigreed, and keep it in the safe and save it for my kids. Sort of like a heirloom.

Sincerely,

Chris

DeepCoin

I am with Braddick... upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. With a set like Mercurys, I will never really be finished, even when I have one of each. There is always another mountain to climb with your favorite set.

a2labmom

Enjoy the fruits of my labor.

python1

Enjoy it, but upgrade any coin that is not a 65fb...thats what I will do.

merz2

Keyrock
I'd have to say upgrade where I can.

dldallen

I'd have to agree with the majority - upgrade. Lord knows there's plenty of room for that! Ought to keep me busy the rest of my lifetime. Enjoy, Dave

CarlWohlforth

I finished the Proof Jeffersons and am now working on type. Between upgrading and expanding the definition of type I don't think I'll ever finish After US type there are the colonials. I've already started on a California gold type set. Classics, foreign, ah, I'm kind of happy thinking of the possibilities...

Fairlaneman

If it Ever gets Finished and All upgrades done that are within Reason for My budget a Type Set of some sort would be very cool. Standing Liberties and Walking Liberties would be nice to put together but starting a series set again just has no appeal right now.

Heck might just start another Merc Set but this time in AU. That would be just as tough as a MS set.

Guess you can tell by now. I DO NOT KNOW

Take Care: Ken

MastaHanky

I'll upgrade whatever I can, but I'll probably just keep the set and start on another type.

Cocoinut

Upgrade, and concentrate on another set. Does a true collector ever stop collecting? I can't see myself ever saying "I'm done"; there'll always be new areas to explore.

Jim

Joshua

I've already sold my first set I put together but it was tough letting go so I jumped right back and put together a better set of mercs. This one I'll keep for at least the next several years and upgrade whenever I can. Don't think my daughters will ever appreciate them like I do (They were too old when I started collecting). I still have hope for my grandson (Joshua) and granddaughter (Alison) since I will have many years to work with them.

Joshua

itsnotjustme

Upgrade where reasonable, and move into something new.

quattrocoins

I all depends on how you define "finished".
I have only completed one set (proof Washingtons), but I keep upgrading it. Since completing it, I've moved on to working on ms Washingtons, and as that set has come down to some hard "keys", I've once again started working on Mercs and Standin' Libs.

Geeze, I guess I'll NEVER "finish" a set! LOL!

Regards

Don

Full Bands,
MS67 Washingtons,
PR69DCAMs, and

mrpaseo

DONE? What does he mean DONE!?! Never will I be DONE collecting......lol

I will upgrade, if I'm lucky enough to pedigree I will and save them for my children. Of which she (At the age of 5) allready shows signs of collecting (Or am I breeding it into her...lol)

There you go.
Ray

kyleknap

What happens when you get to the point where you cannot make any more upgrades (either for financial or availibility reasons)?

Kyle

merz2

Kyle
Then I'd say it would be time to sell.

ritchiewan

Myself, this is not an applicable question as I have no serious hope of completing a MS/AU Morgan set in the next few years. I am at this time considering what second set to work on as a minor pass time as I attempt to complete my primary set.
I think that Proof Mercurys will be a nice sideline but I keep looking at Ike's and Kennedys and Franklins and and and.. damn so many coins....

Ritchie

Coin Finder

I,m going to Disneyland!!!!

Tbig

dbldie55

I cannot believe that I will ever finish a set

etexmike

I guess I'll go against the norm.
Finished a pretty nice set of Proof Kennedys and then sold it one coin at a time.
Right now I'm working on a short set of Walkers. I need three more to call it quits. I think I will lay off of the sets for a bit.
I'm just buying coins that catch my eye.

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etexmike

MoneyLA

I upgraded my proof silver washingtons to the point where additional upgrades were either unobtainable or unaffordable or both. So I sold it with a #1 finest known rank and moved on to something else. cheers, alan mendelson

joejoe2000

I just finished filling up the holes in my ms* kennedy set. I have a couple left to make the whole set grade above 66.
Most of the rest of the upgrades are rather expensive, I am going to be patient and maybe a couple more upgrades.
I have been working the 195* proof wheat cents in red. 5 of 9 in pr68 in less than a year. I think these are a good
value, while not dcam they don't don't have the crazy dcam prices. They were minted in much lower quantaties than
more modern proofs. They don't fall neatly into a set maybe making collector demand for them a little soft.

I'm also working a set of seated halves for the san fran mint in around xf 45. This is a challening set which will
never be finished (1878-s), but I'm getting closer. Not many people collect by seated lib. by date/mm
and some of these coins are very rare in a non-cleaned state.

I also started collecting a couple certified 191* cents in ms60 -ms64 brown. the coins are fairly scarce but most are
under $100. The brown takes them out of the reqistery compatition. I like the brown it seems like the natural state
for a ninety year old cent. I might keep going into the 192*

EVillageProwler

I am pursuing 3 sets simultaneously, and they are major pre-1900 series. I am pretty much done with 2 of the 3. Going forward, as I wind down the 2, I will continue to upgrade as the opportunity arises. I will also increase my focus on other sets as well as broaden my focus on the existing series.

For example, I collect Trade Dollars. I can broaden my focus by going after some of the lesser known die variations as well as getting nicely chopped specimens.

EVP

shirohniichan

I'm one coin away from finishing my big set. Of course, it's the rarest and most expensive. I think I'll upgrade just one or two coins in the set and see if I can find my semi-stopper. Once that's done I'll keep the collection and move on to something less expensive.

khayse

Sit back and bask in the joy of a job well done

I guess when I finish my Walker set I'll either go back
to working on my Merc collection or I'll start up on
Standing Liberty quarters.

-Keith H

mansco

Some sets I might try to upgrade. But if I finish a set, I'd probably start another. If money were no object, I'd work on the ultimate set...all US minted coins. I understand how some people continue to upgrade a set until its not feasible to upgrade. But, I prefer to have the widest variety of coins in a nice but affordable condition. I'm currently working on over 20 different sets. One or two have a good shot at being a top 5 set, but when it comes to getting the key coins which are very expensive, I've preferred to spend the money on a lot of nice coins in another series. Most of my Morgan set is in MS64, for some I suppose I could/should upgrade to 65, but I'd prefer to complete a Trade Dollar set and a Peace dollar set instead.

Some time I might try to upgrade, but if David Hall and friends never started PCGS how much upgrading would each of us be doing. I would guess that when we finished a set, we might try to improve a few for eye appeal. But I don't think we'd be trying to improve all the 63's and 64's to 65's and 66's. (I'm not sure many of us could tell the difference if not for the label on the slab). Don't get me wrong, I only purchase PCGS slabbed coins these days, and I do try to get nice grades, but when a 65 costs 10x as much as a 64 and I need a laboratory microscope to tell the difference, I personally think that I'm better off with expanding the variety within my collection.

Just my opinion, but everyone ought to do what they believe is most comfortable with.

merz2

joejoe2000
You should turn on your PM.I know a board member who has 1954-1958 in PR68,because I sold them to him.

Spooly

Keyrock what's up with that Icon? Blasphemy! Somebody get a rope!

Keyrock

I had a flag up there and when I initially picked it I thought It was fireworks going off. I got a PM that it was a burning flag so I just swapped it. That Icon represents the last of my coin money. LOL

I'll have to see what Uncle Sam says about giving me some more

PTVETTER

I'm not sure if I will ever finish the set, but if I do I agree with everyone else! upgrade and show it off