What is/are you numismatic goal(s) for 2015? (end of year bump for reports)

IwantNonCCs

2015 Goals

Main Goal
1)Complete New Orleans Silver Set
+++1849-O, 1852-O, 1891-O Seated Quarters in PCGS Fa02-VG08
2)Complete New Orleans Gold Dollars
+++1849-O, 1850-O, 1855-O in PCGS VF
3)Upgrade 1852-O Seated Half from Genuine to Low condition PCGS graded
4)Cross 1846-O Seated Dollar from NGC to PCGS (as well as any other NGC bought to meet #1-3)

Secondary Goal
Upgrade 1893-O & 1895-O Morgan to PCGS F12
Purchase Needed Common Morgans in PCGS F-12 (Only) and Jeffersons in PCGS (AU58) as opportunity rises.

Boredom Goal
Continue with need PCGS MS/PR 69 Classic Blue label silver eagles.

Start of year collection status:
New Orleans Date set - Need 42 coins to achieve 90% completion final goal
Morgan PCGS F12 set - Need 62 coins to complete
Jefferson AU58 set - Need 50 coins
Silver Eagles PR/MS 69 - Need 38 to complete

Total needed for long term goal: 192 coins

OnlyGoldIsMoney

Get to 95% with my 1840-1907 date set.

Sonorandesertrat

I usually just go with the flow, because I usually cannot find something that I have been itching to buy.
This month, I did get one item I wanted very much: a really nice copy of the 1964 Christie/Manson/Woods sale of the Major the Lord St. Oswald coins. I bought this from PreTurb (Bryce Brown). For early federal coin (particularly early copper) collectors, this is a famous sale, and the catalog is hard to find in collectible condition and unusually expensive for a post-1945 auction catalog.
For 2015, I really would like a nice 1857 Flying Eagle cent with $20 clash marks and an 1783 Washington-Franklin [Sansom] medal, but I doubt I will find either.

DennisH

Win one particular Heritage FUN auction lot that I'm leading as I write this.

coinkat

I am not even going raise false hopes with the Heritage Auction...

RYK

<< <i>Win one particular Heritage FUN auction lot that I'm leading as I write this. >>


That's my goal, too.

Musky1011

Just have fun trying to find
VF20 S mint $2.50 quarter eagles in the $300-$400 range

DUIGUY

survive

JJSingleton

To do a lot of watching. With all the major collections coming to market I am going to sit back and watch where the dust settles. I spent way too much in 2014 so this will be a good chance to save up some hobby cash so I will be ready to strike when the time comes.

jdimmick

procure 1 coin I have been wanting out of the gardner sale.

Type2

I'm going to see if i can do $250,000 in picks this coming year starting with a $1000 budget per mo.

TwoSides2aCoin

I may sell my Susan B. Anthony dollars on eBAY. Because I don't like to set my goals too high.

mercurydimeguy

1869-p 25C in XF40 or better
1869-p $10 in VF35 or better

I will buy/own a lot more coins than the above in 2015 but those 2 (in themselves) would complete my year.

winky

Collect more RARE Roosevelt dimes and believe me there are some very RARE ones to be had. Love my Roosies !!!!! Check my registry set 1970 FS 801 and see for yourself.

coinbuf

Find the final three coins to complete my Lincoln wheatback set. But that has been the goal for the past two years so I do not expect this year to be any different.

mozin

Goal #1 is to buy a handful of Bust Series PCGS coins, coins that are much more expensive than what I usually buy.

Goal #2 is to work on my PCGS Everyman Registry sets. I need to upgrade lots of slots.

Goal #3 is to replace many of my NGC Classic Commemoratives with PCGS examples, so I can improve my PCGS Classic Commemorative Registry sets.

erwindoc

Finish a couple of sets I'm really close to being finished with!

copperhunter

To sell off as much as I can at cost.....

RYK

I have a few others:

1. Rediscover my coin mojo
2. Sell those stupid Canadian gold coins (1913 and 1914 $10)
3. Have a beer at a coin show with Lakesammmmmmmmmannnnnn
4. Stop the bleeding

MrEureka

I have no numismatic goals for 2015. I'll take what I can get, when I can get it.

My long term goals are much clearer, and I remain in dogged pursuit.

bidask

I don't know about buying anything....

To many bearish coin views I'm hearing making me coindepressed.

msch1man

1. Be patient
2. Save up money (by following goal #1) and be ready to buy when the exact right coin comes along

lasvegasteddy

a darn you suck award

LogPotato

Remove some clutter from my office. Catalogs, reference material, low value proof and mint sets, and albums. I have way too much of it.

Add a couple Top 100 Morgans. Maybe an 88-O Hot Lips, 01-P Shifted Eagle, or even a 7/8 TF.

AnkurJ

Finish paying off a major purchase.

valente151

If I can find an attractive colorful 1936 proof merc and finish that set, I'll be happy. After that, I hope to do a second date set of CB Half Dimes in PCGS AU58.

BryceM

I have no idea. Mostly I just want to have a good time. I'd love to make some better connections with fellow hobbyists. I hope to get to one big show..... but it looks like that will be unlikely. Maybe Winter FUN 2016 will be realistic.

I'm working towards a few upgrades on my completed sets & fleshing out a US design set. Eventually I see myself moving toward buying really cool random coins when the opportunity arises. Set building is overrated anyhow.

LotsoLuck

I cant say for sure but I should have never bought that Bust Dollar

MarkInDavis

I'd like to acquire at least two of the remaining Walkers I need to complete the medium set (1933 to 1947). Unfortunately nothing but crickets on my BST WTB.

bolivarshagnasty

<< <i>Finish paying off a major purchase. >>



Yes, but what a great purchase. Your box of twenty is a great stroll thru American coinage. You should be proud.

I'm taking a break in in 2015, so that I may acquire an automobile that I want. I'm a gearhead first, a coin nerd second.

Boosibri

1)Check off one of the tough NM $5's on my list.
2)Add another nice piece of early gold
3)Continue to make contacts that bear coins in Europe

OldIndianNutKase

2015 goals

1. I have to work harder (more $$) to make it possible to expand my collection.
2. Stay focused on my IHC proof date set
3. Still open to a 16-D Merc and a 16 SLQ, but can live without them, for now.
4. A few gold type coins in common dates but with high grade would be a new distraction.

With all of the great collections up for auction we all have great opportunities that may change our collections.

OINK

ambro51

To add One significant Vermont Copper to my collection.

Bullsitter

A nice Hudson and Spanish Trail and a 1807-1812 Half Eagle would do me right.

silverpop

simple

any coin that gets my interest is in my collection

IrishMikey

To complete a few more grading sets of U.S. coins. Completing a circ set from Poor-1 through AU-58 isn't as easy
as you might think, even with common 20th century designs.

ms70

Key dates.

TennesseeDave

To renew my Pcgs membership and submit several raw Trade $'s for grading.

bjamin

To negotiate a deal on a bunch of medals and hopefully get em.

LanLord

I'm torn on what my goal is for 2015.

I keep looking at the core of my collection, 387 capped bust coins (half dimes through half dollars, mostly half dollars - 204).
I don't know if I want to keep pursuing these coins in the various die marriages or clean house and build a set of bust coins with one of each date that is the best (that I can afford) in each date.
I know the likelihood of getting anywhere near done with an Overton set is slim if at all, but I still keep trying.

Part of me wants to do the latter, I think that would be a great looking set, but I am absolutely smitten with bust coins and have a hard time passing any of them by when I see a nice one.

So, in short, I don't know that I have a 2015 goal yet, I may just continue cruising along the way I am.

Eagleguy

Just bought a car so my purchases may be curtailed for a while. If funds permit I hope to upgrade some of my bust quarters. I also want to look into selling my commemoratives. Still trying to figure out the best way to do it though.

JH

Lakesammman

My only goal is to just have fun with coins.

SPalladino

1) continue to have a blast cherry picking DIVa (Designated Ike Variety) Ikes
2) renew my efforts to document and expand the DIVa catalogue
3) Begin work on developing an independent online DIVa registry, including population report and various DIVa registry set compositions
4) enhance some of my Ike Showcase sets
5) finish my Uncle's circulated IHC set
6) pick up some classic gold pieces in PCGS holders

TwoSides2aCoin

Promotion without spamming is always my hope. It just never appears that way, to some.

mirabela

I have a few. My son and I are working on a set, and he's starting to have a sense of looking for a coin he really likes, which makes the hunt both longer and more enjoyable. I think there are about five things he needs for mere completion, and a pretty good handful of upgrade-eligible pieces, so that's an active project.

I keep looking for upgrades to my Jefferson set, but it's pretty good already, to the point where improving on it actually costs real money, and a big part of the concept of this set was to select awesome coins that don't cost much. I'll buy certain early Jefferson proofs at market prices if I see highly attractive ones.

The expanded type set needs a gold $3. Maybe this will be the year.

jcping

My goal is to fill a few holes of the series that I am working on. I wish I can fill 24 holes which are two coins a month if I can find them -)

barberkeys

Always looking for the right barber keys.
Add a missing relatively common barber qtr.
Pick up any type coin that catches my eye.

What a great hobby.

IwantNonCCs

Ttt

unclebob

Originally posted by: Type2
I'm going to see if i can do $250,000 in picks this coming year starting with a $1000 budget per mo.

Well... how did you do?

unclebob

I rejoined the hobby late in the year.



Kept the modest circulated IHC that I started and sold off everything to start over.



Picked a great VAM to start Box of Twenty of Something yet to be titled.

ricko

No particular goal(s).... just enjoy picking up interesting coins.... Cheers, RickO