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.
Oh well...the plan to keep the powder dry this year and wait for the dust to settle just didn't happen. Pulled the trigger on two big coins and pretty much used up any hobby cash for another year or two.
Still need to get Todd to image these. Hopefully will get down to Tampa to do so.
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
Met my goal of just having fun - - picked up a few pieces of eye candy and a number of nice pieces of plastic. Enjoyed working with PCGS on the upcoming Samples display in Tampa.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
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
YEAR END REPORT
Main Goal 1849-O 25c Goal Not Met
1852-O 25c PCGS VG10 bought 10/13 from Goldberg auctions
1891-O 25c PCGS AG3 bought 1/18 from TNFC (on ebay)
1849-O G$1 PCGS XF40 bought 2/17 from HA.com
1850-O G$1 Goal Not Met
1855-O G$1 PCGS VF30 bought 2/1 from Great Auctions
1852-O Genuine is now replaced with a PCGS AG3. (which was previously a ANACS G detail scratch)
1846 S$1 NGC G4 cracked out and sent in with 1852-O bove, now PCGS G6.
Overall, 75% sucess on main goals. Still short the 1849-O quarter to complete the new orleans date set in silver. However, also got ahead of myself and purchased 3 of 5 of the need new orleans quarter eaqgles (the 2016 goal) and one of the seven needed new orelans half eagles for the 2017 goal.
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.
My boy made four acquisitions for this set over the year. He's become *really* choosy, so it always seems like a major triumph when he finds something that makes the cut at a price that he can swing. He found a killer raw XF45 Type 1 SLQ at a show last winter after looking at easily fifty possible pieces over a period of months. That was fun.
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.
I found somebody breaking up a nice old set on ebay last March, and picked up some of their early proofs raw at very reasonable prices -- got the 39, 42 T1, 51 and 52 out of that collection, all of them pretty decent.
The expanded type set needs a gold $3. Maybe this will be the year.
2015 turned into a minor marathon of home improvement issues for us, so that got deferred. I did manage to negotiate a good pay raise, though, so maybe next year.
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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.
Still need to get Todd to image these. Hopefully will get down to Tampa to do so.
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
Findley Ridge Collection
About Findley Ridge
Met my goal of just having fun - - picked up a few pieces of eye candy and a number of nice pieces of plastic. Enjoyed working with PCGS on the upcoming Samples display in Tampa.
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
YEAR END REPORT
Main Goal
1849-O 25c Goal Not Met
1852-O 25c PCGS VG10 bought 10/13 from Goldberg auctions
1891-O 25c PCGS AG3 bought 1/18 from TNFC (on ebay)
1849-O G$1 PCGS XF40 bought 2/17 from HA.com
1850-O G$1 Goal Not Met
1855-O G$1 PCGS VF30 bought 2/1 from Great Auctions
1852-O Genuine is now replaced with a PCGS AG3. (which was previously a ANACS G detail scratch)
1846 S$1 NGC G4 cracked out and sent in with 1852-O bove, now PCGS G6.
Overall, 75% sucess on main goals. Still short the 1849-O quarter to complete the new orleans date set in silver. However, also got ahead of myself and purchased 3 of 5 of the need new orleans quarter eaqgles (the 2016 goal) and one of the seven needed new orelans half eagles for the 2017 goal.
My boy made four acquisitions for this set over the year. He's become *really* choosy, so it always seems like a major triumph when he finds something that makes the cut at a price that he can swing. He found a killer raw XF45 Type 1 SLQ at a show last winter after looking at easily fifty possible pieces over a period of months. That was fun.
I found somebody breaking up a nice old set on ebay last March, and picked up some of their early proofs raw at very reasonable prices -- got the 39, 42 T1, 51 and 52 out of that collection, all of them pretty decent.
2015 turned into a minor marathon of home improvement issues for us, so that got deferred. I did manage to negotiate a good pay raise, though, so maybe next year.