10 years, 2 months and 2 days - the set is complete! Warning - State Quarters thread ...
JeffersonFrog
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It started back in April of 2012 with the purchase of a couple of inexpensive PCGS-67 state quarters in flag holders. With a shiny quarter, a colorful flag holder, and a link to our state of residence, I reasoned my wife would enjoy collecting them. Well, we all know how that turned out. : )
So 10+ years later, my "new" series is complete. With help from a Board friend in acquiring those difficult, last 4 or 5 coins, it's done. All 100 State P&D (the 12 Territory P&D too) quarters in PCGS-67 Flag Holders! Ten years of chasing the MS67 grade in flag holders have been interesting. They used to be plentiful and cheap. Along the way I was given one, actually bought one on Amazon, and paid $2.28 for the least expensive coin. I don't know when PCGS stopped making the flag labels, but getting some of those last coins was difficult - in 2017 and 2020, I was only able to fill one hole the entire year.
When I told my wife I had finished "her" set, her response was, "Okay, now what are you going to do?" I think I might buy her an Inno dollar ... 
I've been waiting for some time to make this picture.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
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Holy Cow! Congratulations and please tell your wife I am quite impressed by her diligence and tenacity!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Very impressive! I can see the effort you put into that set! That's gotta be a great feeling.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
That is very impressive. Nice going!
Wow 😮
Mr_Spud
Congratulations!
That is quite an achievement!!
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for first loving us.
🥰 A decade in the making 🤗 Congrats!
@JeffersonFrog Isn’T nice to see the uniformity when you line all the slabs up? The flag label is nice and not necessarily buying the label …. however too many different labels would make the entire collective more clutterly.
🤔 I think Mrs Jefferson deserves much more than the Inno dollar ❤️
Congratulations on a super successful collecting endeavor.
Is there a simple way you put each of the slab photos all together?
Thanks.
Steve
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
Absolutely fantastic. I’m working on a Roosie album and know it can be difficult but yours is magnificent 😉🙀🦫
🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶
Congratulations on the completion of your goal!
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
WOW! Very kewl!!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Wow, how cool!
Your patience and diligence has paid off!
I love happy endings!
Now, it's time to buy something really nice for the wife!
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
@JeffersonFrog.... Congratulations.... a true 'labor of love'.... Cheers, RickO
I wish I could share some kind of cool Photoshop secret, but it's just MS Paint cut and paste. Paint is also size limited, so the left side of the picture is 1999-2003 and the right side 2004-2008. Paint is simple, just tedious as hades.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
Very nice set.
Next up? How about a major error coin from every state (Statehood Quarters). A very hard set to put together.
Very nice. Congrats.
If I were you I'd use that photo as wallpaper on my computer desktop.
What a fantastic project!