I’m having fun
tradedollarnut
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Sold the uber Trade Dollar Set and am having a blast building a new one a few levels lower
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Great looking coin and holder B!
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Nice one! Enjoy the hunt.
That's awesome! Still very satisfying.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Cool trade $ but first thing I saw was this fire breathing monster reflection
That didn't take long to get the bug back. Cool!
When it comes to rarities, will it be equal value or equal grade ?
I have the three toughest dates (73cc, 76cc & 78cc) in 64 vs two 65s & a 66 in the old set.
Did you sell the set intact
Coin Junkie
cameoproofcoins.com
Having fun is what it's all about.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Here Here. Pip Pip. Yeppers and more happy hunting!
Pete
Cool!
Nice coin.
TDN, lots of fun to be had in all corners of our hobby. To collect the best of the best as you have done leaves you very little challenge except to start a new and challenging set. You will always get the credit for the set that you put together.
I have learned to collect the prettiest girls and their pedigree may not be the best. PCGS grading sometimes reminds me of my Mother looking askance at some of my dates. While there is no doubt she was right in the long run, the girls she suggested just seemed to lack luster.
Building a collection around maximum PCGS grades may end up a hollow victory in the end. Maybe just build some collections that your children will cherish and pass on to their children too. I inherited my father's IHC collection, which he found in circulation. And I love it as is, not complete, but knowing the effort he expended to find them in circulation. Instead I put a complete set of IHC proofs together in his memory.
OINK
Fun is good and the very best in your hunt! AB
TDN, did you ever complete your chopmark Trade Dollar set? I don't see it in your registry list.
I sold it.
For a guy that's now slumming at the level of the common collector that's a really nice example!
Honestly this is what this hobby is all about not chasing registry points. Having a conversation with a hard core registry collector I usually feel they are compensating for something else in life like the middle-aged guy with a comb over in his Italian sports car. Walking away you kind of want to say sorry your Willie no longer works
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that is some SERIOUS mint grease. i like it!
reminds me of that monster 89cc morgan out there which is imaged on cf.
i'd love to do a whole set of something with coins like this.
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Everyone's different...for me the thrill is in hunt...I'm interested to know where are you finding most of your new acquisitions: dealers, auctions, collector friends??
I know you are joking but for those unfamiliar with the prices for coins like the 73CC, 76CC and 78CC in 64, this isn't exactly a "everyman's collection."
Laura
Congrats on the sales of your sets. And the courage to start another.
If I sold my cameo set I don't think I would have the energy to think about putting another set together.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
Ahhhh-- a CRO Gem!
Check out some of my 1794 Large Cents on www.coingallery.org
Get back our old 78-CC PCGS 65 with (un-attributable) DMPL. BTW, came from Dwight Manley.
That ain't settling, whereas the 1878-S (?) T$1 PCGS MS68, as we've previously agreed, would still not fit. 5% of the $135K I sold it for wasn't bad for 7 minutes of work, but I wouldn't wasted Laurie's time.
The colorful one? Perhaps...not real happy with the 64 that I bought. But as they say - “go find another”. Shrug
To a MUCH lesser degree, I think I'm somewhat doing the same.
It IS fun. And finding suitable neat coins is not only harder than searching TOP grades but also helps alleviate some ...possible... exposure to market forces that may or may not affect anything.
Knowing what you HAD should be gratifying, too.
If karma is the key, your patience will be rewarded.
Yup. Still got the pics - which 364 days out of the year is all that I had anyway...
Ain't that the truth?
Actually an inconvenient truth besides.
I also juggle stuff between the bank and the safe and am never QUITE satisified until I ...."adjust"... again.
That is a sweet coin!
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Really like that 73-S, nice coin.
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Great addition from a great dealer!
Sunshine Rare Coins
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Brilliant!ski :-)
I just looked at your set, NICE
I agree with you
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
He could not step away...I think thats great for ALL of us. Enjoy your new set!
WS
Bruce I just made an 1873-CC TR $1 in PCGS 67....too bad it's too high grade for you now!
ugh I'd buy it 73CC in MS67-wanna go round w/me??? I want a guarantee it will 68!
oh how the mighty have fallen!
Ha! Certain things are irresistible. That would be one of them...
and so it begins.
Again
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Ah, the title of this new set? "Spenders."
I'm happy for you TRADE DOLLAR NUT. Sincerely, I am. I'm currently "In the hunt," for a Jefferson nickel. It's in an auction. Price........$45-$65. Big money, little money. The thrill is the same. I'm having fun too..
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