When displaying a 52 set of early silver commemoratives do you. . .
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Show them in chronological order or alphabetized?
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Random... Makes viewers look longer as they search for their favorites. Cheers, RickO
Do you always display the obverse, or the side you find most interesting?
I only have a few that have commemorate topics I find interesting so I would keep them grouped. Civil War related (Gettysburg, Antietam, Grant, Stone Mt). I also have a Delaware that I like to show with a 1938 Swedish 2 Kr (both have the same ship on the reverse).
To address your question, if I had a full set, my OCD would want to display them chronologically, but I think Alphabetically would work better. Just my opinion
I found this direction interesting: Historical Arrangement of United States Commemorative Coins. Written by Charles W. Foster, Curator, American Numismatic Association. Published by Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, Edgerton Park, Rochester, N.Y., 1936.
This is the end of his book. Be nice to see someone finish the coins in this direction.
For table at show or my inventory detail - Date / MM.
Traditionally, it's considered that there are 50 type coins in the classic silver commemorative series. Which two am I missing?
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I always tell kids to line up, smartest to shortest. I love the looks on their faces.
As for the coins, arrangement by date seems customary to me.
@PerryHall asked: “ Traditionally, it's considered that there are 50 type coins in the classic silver commemorative series. Which two am I missing?”
I assume @braddick is including the Norse thick and thin medals.
That was my first thought but they aren't coins.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
In ancient times when I started collecting commems they were often included (or promoted?) along with the 50 coin set, but it seems they are now pretty much ignored. I personally don’t own them, even though I’m a bit of a classic commem aficionado.
Which 50 do you have? Are you including WC/BTW and BTW?
50 would usually include 48 half dollars plus the Isabella quarter and the Lafayette dollar. Definitely the BTW and WC.
So in this case Albany comes before Columbian?
(I do consider the Norse medals a part of this set.)
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I keep my Classic Silver Commemorative 50 Coin Type Set in the same order as PCGS does with the Registry, the same order typically used in auctions for Commems, the same order PCGS uses for its Price Guide and Pop reports, etc. ALL are in alphabetical order except for the two odd denominations, which are either both at the beginning, or the Isabella Quarter at the beginning, and Lafayette Dollar at the end.
Here’s my Digital Album:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/commemoratives/silver-commemoratives-50-piece-type-set-circulation-strikes-1892-1954/album/189058
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
Since you are including the Norse Medals, and there are then 52, which is the same number as weeks in a year, I would try to assign one to each week, as much historically as possible ... which will then give you a yearly parade of studying and appreciation ...
and may drive you slightly crazy trying to figure it all out and remember it correctly!
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Braddick- just curious how long it took you to complete the set? Have you been at this task for a long time?