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  • ElmhurstElmhurst Posts: 795 ✭✭✭

    Have 10-12 items needed to complete my US type collection, then transferring to the dark side.

  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Shamika said:
    Closing in on my "10 year goal". Of course it's taking me 16 years and counting to do so, but still...

    Completed a very nice looking, matched set of barber Halves in VF-AU. I would have liked to fine tune the set to XF-AU, but I sold the set off. I don't have the determination to start over. Reselling coins has become too expensive. Well, that and buying coins that aren't 20% - 75% overpriced is the other challenge.

    notwithstanding that I have mastered the art of "Buy high, sell low", I think I am done buying high and selling low.

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,600 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    I cannot say because it never was a goal but I fell into it, does that count? :p

    Draw a circle around it and call it a bullseye.

    Seated Half Society member #38
    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭

    Mine is still in progress but it's a project with no actual end, so I am just happy to make progress on it.

    It is having at least one coin from as many years as possible. I have not looked at my chart or collection in about 5 years but I think I have the 1880s to today represented. Well, no 2018s yet. Not too shabby when your monthly budget for the hobby is about $10.

    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Finishing my 20th century mint error set well under the 20-30 years others mentioned it could take.

    Breaking the 100 mark on Lyman Low 183 Hard Times Tokens which was a cool milestone, but since no one has ever finished a set there's no completion pressure.

    Every other regular coin set I've ever finished over 4 decades in this hobby has been pure cheesecake in comparison.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have at one time had every Dime from 1796 to date by year and Mint Mark.

  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭

    I had a goal of being the first to have a complete Mercury Dime Variety set. It made the number 1 spot in the registry in 2009, and retired the set while still number 1 in 2012. Since then there have been added requirements, and I have owned the complete set again, but just not posting it as complete. I did have one of the 1919 DDO coins for about a month, and I had all three of the 1945 DDO graded MS64 by PCGS at one time or another. I did have two of the 1945 DDO at one time and posted them as twins.

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • drddmdrddm Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Becoming a member of the Bust Half Nut Club is definitely my most significant Numismatic goal that I’ve accomplished thus far.

    I like nicely toned AU and MS (when I can afford them) Bust Halves and getting to 100 different die marriages took me quite a long time (although I did take a 4 year hiatus), so finally becoming a member last year was very exciting for me.

    Dave

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,594 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Completed my 7070 (minus the gold page).

    oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's

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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 7, 2018 10:42PM

    I made it yet another year without buying a SBA dollar.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 7, 2018 10:51PM

    Put together the set of 1842 transitional $5's, all of which range from scarce to flat out rare.

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