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How many active collections are you working on?

Bankerbob56Bankerbob56 Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭
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Although I've heard that one should specialize in numismatics for many years, I seem to struggle with this concept. I have two very active collections, Washington Quarters and Walkers. I also dabble in quarter eagles, buffalo nickels, and standing liberty quarters. Not to mention the Dansco album collections. I've tried to thin the herd by selling off dupes and lesser graded coins. I find it tough to liquidate coins/collections just to focus on a series or two.

What say you?
What we've got here is failure to communicate.....

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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
    just do it. Focus and you will create opportunity to have a better core collection
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Never collected a specific type though I favor silver dollars, half dimes and nineteenth century proofs.

    Just pick up coins that I like.
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    erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ive got several main interests too. Makes it hard when several nice or "big" coin comes available for more than one at a time.
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm working on two...see my sig line.

    Focus can benefit your collection greatly.
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    bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭
    I have a PCGS 1965-2014 proof Roosevelt set that's complete, a PCGS MS Ike set that I've dabbled in, and about 12 PCGS Morgans and other misc coins. For Dansco's, I have complete Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Ike/SBA. My Washington is just missing the 32DS and I JUST started putting together a type set Dansco of Commemoratives.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Four. But I'm pretty much done with three except for the occasional upgrade.

    I ignore everything else.
    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
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    khaysekhayse Posts: 1,336 ✭
    Mostly 2, Walkers and Ikes.

    I get restless when I can't find an upgrade/addition for 6 months though.

    -KHayse
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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Too many.

    Peace dollars, US Design set, US gold type set, & random nonsense that strikes my fancy.
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,703 ✭✭✭✭✭
    3.
    Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    i like my sms cameos...toners...and types
    no registry run for me
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    RoscoeRoscoe Posts: 31
    Finished my Washington Quarter set last month (probably the sixth one I've put together). Waiting for the right AU 1895-O and my budget to match up to finish off an AU/MS New Orleans Morgan set. Finished 20th Century Canadian Cent and Nickel sets for the grandkids back in the spring, just VF-AU. After that it'll probably be back to hoarding semi-keys/better dates in best affordable grades, any series.
    “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
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    OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My focus lately has been on IHC proofs, but I am always open to a great type coin. I just keep plodding along........

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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Only one...US and world coins from ancients to the present.
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Four: 1858 business strike, 1893 proof (no gold), Franklins and 1940 - 1964 Washingtons. The Franklin set is complete, although I'll still upgrade it if something nice comes along. I'm also doing two Dansco sets that are raw variants of the Franklin and 1940 - 1964 Washington sets.
    Toned Franklins

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    sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Four.
    First there is the 7070 type album.
    Next is the 1932-1964 Washington quarters basic set biz and Proof.
    Thirdly, an album of IHC's.
    Finally anything that peaks my interest. Like certain classic commems, picked up a Proof IHC, etc.

    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

    My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,989 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Four

    1. A coin for each British king so far as possible
    2. Twenty Cent Pieces - cannot find an 1875-P in Mint State with original surfaces
    3. Charlotte Mint type set - stuck on the 1838-C half eagle
    4. Type I gold dollar set - still need an 1852-P image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    I mostly TRY to add to my Bust Series coins, but lately the prices are simply out of my range for what I want. I dabble in the Indian Quarter and Half Eagles. Most of my purchases lately have been in Classic Commemoratives. The rest of my collection gets no current improvement.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
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    panexpoguypanexpoguy Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have 4. I have 'completed' Franklins in FBL and Peace dollars, and I am working on Mercury dimes in FB and O mint mark Morgans. I float between upgrading the completed and adding to the incomplete based on funds and material available. Sometimes I put it all away for a while and just drink.
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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,806 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As of two weeks ago, about 12.

    As of today, 1. (See my sig line.) Time to get serious!







    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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    mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,560 ✭✭✭
    3 sets. Canadian silver dollars, Canadian loonies, Franklin date set. Plus an occasional commem with original/period packaging when I can find them.
    National Register Of Big Trees

    We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am slowly assembling a set of antique electrotypes (not with any degree of seriousness), US large cents, and classic US numismatic literature. Regarding numismatic collectibles, I buy what strikes my fancy and seems reasonably priced (although I occasionally violate the latter), and have what looks like a totally unfocused collection to others. And I don't care.

    In decades past, I actively collected a variety of sets, including 19th -century Austro-German commemorative thalers, Swiss shooting thalers, Barber halves, Standing Liberty quarters, 1936-1942 proof coins, colonials (specialty type set), fractional currency, British sovereign type set (by monarch and mint). I sold most of these pieces years ago.
    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 18,047 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How many active collections are you working on? >>


    3

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    Don
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    OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,589 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1 set - Liberty $2.50's.
    NO END IN SIGHT Liberty Head $2 1/2 Gold Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1840-1907)
    https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907/publishedset/15628

    March of Time - 27 Centuries in Gold
    https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=36590
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1 - rare gold coins

    Latin American Collection

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    USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Never collected a specific type though I favor silver dollars, half dimes and nineteenth century proofs.

    Just pick up coins that I like. >>



    I must say these three are in my top five as well. oh and I just buy what I like as well

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