@rooksmith said:
Great collection, What does GreatPhoto cost? is it comparable in price to TrueView?
I need to get a decent camera rig and really once and for all take some good photos. I always have problems with photos of coins that are already holdered, and I was too cheap to get True Views taken.
Since Great Collections is not a grading company, it's not really comparable to a PCGS TrueView which one chooses to purchase. When consigning a coin to them for auction, they determine which listings include a Great Photo. For example, I consigned four old Redfield/Paramount holders to them recently and they included a Great Photo on two of the four:
The 1894-S dime is one of the most famous U.S. rarities. While several coins are rarer or more valuable, few come with the wonderful stories and intrigue that surround this coin. Even though its origins are debatable, the fact that only nine examples are currently known makes the 1894-S dime one of the most highly sought rarities of U.S. coinage.
Researchers speculated and began the possible myth that the Mint superintendent in 1894, John Daggett, had the coins struck at the special request of banker friends. Of the 24 coins, three went to his young daughter, Hallie, whom he instructed to preserve them carefully until she was older, at which time the coins would be worth a lot of money. Being a typical child, Hallie immediately used one of the 1894-S dimes to purchase ice cream. However, Hallie clung to the other two, and 60 years later, in 1954, she sold her remaining pair to a California dealer. This is wonderful story but is most likely not the origin for this great rarity.
More recent research has attributed the distribution of a few examples to a banker in Ukiah, California, who may have unintentionally spent one of the coins (maybe for ice cream).
The general consensus is that twenty-four 1894-S dimes were struck. Early explanations of the mintage figure claimed that the 24 coins were made to round out an accounting entry, but the fact that most surviving 1894-S dimes are prooflike in appearance tends to complicate that theory-such special coins would not have been necessary to accomplish such a mundane task
For decades, the 1894-S dime has been included along with the 1913 Liberty Head nickel and the 1804 silver dollar in a triumvirate of the United States' most desirable coins.
Seeing the new coin is literally part of my morning routine ngl.
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I am sure the next 2 coins that you are posting will "Exposed my head off", again. LOL
In the future, I hope there are more additions to come. There are a bunch of remaining coins that are "toughie" but attainable with time and resources and others just impossible. Hey wait, all your coins are trophy coins that carries great US history with them and the creme de la creme. Maybe, just maybe the US might sell some of the assets to reduce the deficit so the 1849 Double Eagle might be for sale soon????
For me and I am sure there are other collectors that reach a point where coins to add or upgrade their collections just aren't available except with time and patience.
In the meanwhile, just a suggestion, your first year 1793 Chain cent, 1792 Half Disme, 1796 quarter and 1794 dollar are so impressive, so why don't you add a first year set by adding the 1793 Half cent, 1796 dime and 1794 Half dollar. You may want add first year gold coins as well. These will take time and resources as well but heck your doing the impossible anyway. Exciting to see 2 more and future additions. So impressive your accomplishments and the coin collector community thanks you for sharing your ride with us.
I am sure the next 2 coins that you are posting will "Exposed my head off", again. LOL
In the future, I hope there are more additions to come. There are a bunch of remaining coins that are "toughie" but attainable with time and resources and others just impossible. Hey wait, all your coins are trophy coins that carries great US history with them and the creme de la creme. Maybe, just maybe the US might sell some of the assets to reduce the deficit so the 1849 Double Eagle might be for sale soon????
For me and I am sure there are other collectors that reach a point where coins to add or upgrade their collections just aren't available except with time and patience.
In the meanwhile, just a suggestion, your first year 1793 Chain cent, 1792 Half Disme, 1796 quarter and 1794 dollar are so impressive, so why don't you add a first year set by adding the 1793 Half cent, 1796 dime and 1794 Half dollar. You may want add first year gold coins as well. These will take time and resources as well but heck your doing the impossible anyway. Exciting to see 2 more and future additions. So impressive your accomplishments and the coin collector community thanks you for sharing your ride with us.
I'm not sure if Elite, specifically, would be in the best of positions to go and try to convince the government to sell off some assets to reduce the debt 😉.
Another truly wonderful coin. I've always liked the 1894-S Barber dime, with its incredibly low mintage, its history and its great story. At Richmond III lot viewing, I was able to speak with John Feigenbaum for about half an hour about the 1894-S dime in that sale, as well as examining the coin! A great experience!
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Fabulous coins, absolute dream coins. But I do wonder, once you achieve assembling this amazing collection, what’s left? To me, as a collector, collecting is about searching for what’s next, so if you own only the best, what’s next?
Certainly not dismissing the amazing extent of this assemblage, I’m gobsmacked by the coins… but I’m curious, where would one go from here?
@GuzziSport said:
Fabulous coins, absolute dream coins. But I do wonder, once you achieve assembling this amazing collection, what’s left? To me, as a collector, collecting is about searching for what’s next, so if you own only the best, what’s next?
Certainly not dismissing the amazing extent of this assemblage, I’m gobsmacked by the coins… but I’m curious, where would one go from here?
Given that some of the coins are currently impossible (like the $20 1849), the set is never really finished.
So there will always be potential to get closer to the full 100.
Once he posts the current "last 2" he will be at 70/100.
A handful remaining in the top 100 not yet in his set are not impossible, but are readily available coins like the 1c 1955 DDO and 1c 1877.
Likely the plan on those is to wait for a very top pop.
Others in the "missing 30" are rarities that don't appear for sale very often.
So they could potentially be added when they become available.
Could also extend it to something like a "top 200" because there are more than 100 great coins.
He's already done something like that by obtaining some of the coins that were once in the book but are no longer in it.
Thanks for sharing this. I wrote up the 1792 patterns for the Partrick sale catalog and this was one of the best pieces in the set. Great color for a copper coin.
Twenty-five years ago, if you had asked any collector or dealer to name the three greatest U.S. coins, the response would most likely have been the following: the 1804 silver dollar, the 1894-S dime, and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. Today the 1913 Liberty Head nickel ranks fourth on the list of 100 Greatest U.S. Coins. The coin has fallen from the second spot (which it held in the fourth edition of this book) partly due to the large number of other great coins entering the marketplace. There has also been a greater appreciation in recent years for ultra-quality examples of regular-issue rarities.
The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is a coin that simply should not exist. The Liberty Head nickel series ended in December 1912, replaced in 1913 by the newly designed Buffalo nickel. In fact, no 1913 Liberty Head nickels were known or even contemplated until 1919, when Samuel Brown teased the collecting community by advertising to pay $500 for any example. Apparently, this was just a ruse to legitimize coins that he already owned, for in August of 1920, Brown exhibited at least one of them at the annual convention of the American Numismatic Association. Brown actually owned five 1913 Liberty Head nickels, reportedly the entire mintage.
How did Brown obtain the coins? It may have helped that he was the clerk of the Mint from 1912 to 1913, at which time he and some cohorts may have made the coins using Mint equipment.
The set of five 1913 Liberty Head nickels changed hands several times until the early 1940s, when the set was broken up and the coins were sold to individual buyers.
Beautiful coin. I just knew he had the finest example. Elite with another banger!
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The unique 1844-O $5 an $10 will be at the World's Fair of Money. This is the first time they will be seen together in over 100 years.
That sealed the deal. I'm going. Gotta see some cool coins.
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The 1804 Silver Dollar is one of the rarest and most popular of all American coins, despite the fact that none were made until 1834 and several were even made many years after that! Mint reports from 1804 show a delivery figure of 19,570 Silver Dollars, but numismatists believe these were all leftover coins dated 1803. Certain qualities of the known 1804 Silver Dollars (and other facts concerning their history) indicate that the first 1804 Silver Dollars were struck in or about 1834, when orders came from the State Department for special sets of coins to be struck for diplomatic purposes. Later restrikes were made sometime after 1857 (a unique example shows the undertype of an 1857 Swiss Shooting Thaler)!
Thus, we find three classes of 1804 Silver Dollars. Class I examples were made circa 1834 - these all have lettered edges and no rust pit in the field just left of the top leaf of the olive branch on the reverse. Class II examples were made after 1857 - the only known specimen has a plain edge. Class III examples were made after 1857 - they all have lettered edges and a rust pit in the afore-mentioned place on the reverse. Currently, eight examples are known of the Class I type, one is known of the Class II, and six are known of the Class III type. The finest example known is a Class I "Original" owned by the C. F. Childs estate; this remarkable coin was recently graded Proof-68 by the Professional Coin Grading Service.
Nice collection assembled over only 4 years. It took alot of money and great connections. Specifically Great Collections ( Ian Russell ) as a primary agent. I guess all it takes is $ and the proper far- reaching agent or two who know where the rarities are, the personality to convince an owner to sell and an idea of what $ it will take to “ separate “ the rarity from its previous owner, some of whom would rather have the coin than the $. But I guess everything has its price !
Does it also require focus and good aesthetic taste? You betcha! Does it require numismatic knowledge? No ! All you need is a knowledgable agent and the “ 100 Greatest “ book to guide you - sorta like the decades- old Whitman blue coin album with holes to fill, but on a higher level.
I’d heard rumors two years ago about this collector. It has just been confirmed to me. The Elite owner made his $ big time in the crypto currency market. Was he previously a coin collector before he made his crypto fortune, more than likely . Good idea getting out of the volatile crypto currency market, particularly so with the erratic nature of “ new entries “ in that market ( wink wink ).
I sure hope Elite stays in numismatics rather than in and out like he was in crypto. Where to next ? Rare medals or tokens ? A type set of pre-1800 silver crowns from around the world ? Classic old gold rarities from every country ? Classic ancient rarities - no. Too many really deceptive forgeries and requiring considerable international travel competing with oil billionaires. Rare US Currency ? Maybe as certain really advanced currency collectors are “ getting up there “ and I hear Elite is relatively young.
@tradedollarnut said:
I miss my 1804 the most of any coin I’ve sold
How many of the 100 Greatest US Coins have you had?
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I also have 9 of the 10 coins that are considered the Ten Most Famous US Ultra Rarities. You can see this set in the PCGS Set Registry here: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite/978
This set is now #2 all time finest behind only Eliasberg, who had all 10 coins. The only coin I'm missing from this set is the 1885 Trade Dollar. That coin has been very elusive.
This thread and your sets defy superlatives. It is an astounding collection and it’s hard to be believe it was assembled in such a short time. So many of these coins are the ultimate dream coin for many of us - the finest 1913 nickel, the finest 1804 Dollar, the 1933 Double Eagle. I appreciate your willingness to share and discuss your collection so openly.
Thank you so much for putting this thread together Elite. You really made it fun and exciting for everyone. I wish you continued great success on your numismatic journey! Your achievement is historic by any measure.
@david3142 said:
This thread and your sets defy superlatives. It is an astounding collection and it’s hard to be believe it was assembled in such a short time. So many of these coins are the ultimate dream coin for many of us - the finest 1913 nickel, the finest 1804 Dollar, the 1933 Double Eagle. I appreciate your willingness to share and discuss your collection so openly.
Did I miss the 1933 double eagle? I thought only 1 was in collectors hands not saying he does not own it just don't remember seen it here. And he mentioned saving the best for last I would assume a 1933 double eagle would be the best of the best (or close to it).
@Early_Milled_Latin_America said:
Did I miss the 1933 double eagle? I thought only 1 was in collectors hands not saying he does not own it just don't remember seen it here. And he mentioned saving the best for last I would assume a 1933 double eagle would be the best of the best (or close to it).
Elite, thank you so much for sharing your collection. I enjoy the added history and detail in each coin posted. I will be in OKC to see the stunning 1844-O's.
@EliteCollection said:
The unique 1844-O $5 an $10 will be at the World's Fair of Money. This is the first time they will be seen together in over 100 years.
@Early_Milled_Latin_America said:
Did I miss the 1933 double eagle? I thought only 1 was in collectors hands not saying he does not own it just don't remember seen it here. And he mentioned saving the best for last I would assume a 1933 double eagle would be the best of the best (or close to it).
Since I've previously posted about my 1933 and it's public knowledge, I put it early on in my reveal. You are right, it should be the last coin but it's not a surprise anymore, so I decided to end with the Big 3.
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Since Great Collections is not a grading company, it's not really comparable to a PCGS TrueView which one chooses to purchase. When consigning a coin to them for auction, they determine which listings include a Great Photo. For example, I consigned four old Redfield/Paramount holders to them recently and they included a Great Photo on two of the four:
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Here is my 1894-S Barber Dime PCGS Proof-65+ BM (CAC Green). This coin has a population of 1 with only 2 coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to Louis E. Eliasberg.
This coin is #7 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins" and also in "Elite's Top Ten Famous U.S. Ultra Rarities".
100 Greatest Unites States Coins 6th Edition:
The 1894-S dime is one of the most famous U.S. rarities. While several coins are rarer or more valuable, few come with the wonderful stories and intrigue that surround this coin. Even though its origins are debatable, the fact that only nine examples are currently known makes the 1894-S dime one of the most highly sought rarities of U.S. coinage.
Researchers speculated and began the possible myth that the Mint superintendent in 1894, John Daggett, had the coins struck at the special request of banker friends. Of the 24 coins, three went to his young daughter, Hallie, whom he instructed to preserve them carefully until she was older, at which time the coins would be worth a lot of money. Being a typical child, Hallie immediately used one of the 1894-S dimes to purchase ice cream. However, Hallie clung to the other two, and 60 years later, in 1954, she sold her remaining pair to a California dealer. This is wonderful story but is most likely not the origin for this great rarity.
More recent research has attributed the distribution of a few examples to a banker in Ukiah, California, who may have unintentionally spent one of the coins (maybe for ice cream).
The general consensus is that twenty-four 1894-S dimes were struck. Early explanations of the mintage figure claimed that the 24 coins were made to round out an accounting entry, but the fact that most surviving 1894-S dimes are prooflike in appearance tends to complicate that theory-such special coins would not have been necessary to accomplish such a mundane task
For decades, the 1894-S dime has been included along with the 1913 Liberty Head nickel and the 1804 silver dollar in a triumvirate of the United States' most desirable coins.
1894-S 10C PCGS PR 65+ BM CAC (Pop 1/2)
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Wait just a minute now, the Brasher didn’t make the cut for the 100 greatest list? 😮
I’m sure many of us would have a number of changes for this list, but imo not having the brasher on there borders on blasphemy…lol
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1894-S dime my favourite US coin ever made!!! Congrats!!!
Seeing the new coin is literally part of my morning routine ngl.
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Ah. Wondered who bought my 3 coins. Congratulations
Thanks for the deal! I remember it was around Thanksgiving of 2021.
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Sadly only 2 more coins to post.
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I am sure the next 2 coins that you are posting will "Exposed my head off", again. LOL
In the future, I hope there are more additions to come. There are a bunch of remaining coins that are "toughie" but attainable with time and resources and others just impossible. Hey wait, all your coins are trophy coins that carries great US history with them and the creme de la creme. Maybe, just maybe the US might sell some of the assets to reduce the deficit so the 1849 Double Eagle might be for sale soon????
For me and I am sure there are other collectors that reach a point where coins to add or upgrade their collections just aren't available except with time and patience.
In the meanwhile, just a suggestion, your first year 1793 Chain cent, 1792 Half Disme, 1796 quarter and 1794 dollar are so impressive, so why don't you add a first year set by adding the 1793 Half cent, 1796 dime and 1794 Half dollar. You may want add first year gold coins as well. These will take time and resources as well but heck your doing the impossible anyway. Exciting to see 2 more and future additions. So impressive your accomplishments and the coin collector community thanks you for sharing your ride with us.
I'm not sure if Elite, specifically, would be in the best of positions to go and try to convince the government to sell off some assets to reduce the debt 😉.
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Another truly wonderful coin. I've always liked the 1894-S Barber dime, with its incredibly low mintage, its history and its great story. At Richmond III lot viewing, I was able to speak with John Feigenbaum for about half an hour about the 1894-S dime in that sale, as well as examining the coin! A great experience!
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Best thread ever
Fabulous coins, absolute dream coins. But I do wonder, once you achieve assembling this amazing collection, what’s left? To me, as a collector, collecting is about searching for what’s next, so if you own only the best, what’s next?
Certainly not dismissing the amazing extent of this assemblage, I’m gobsmacked by the coins… but I’m curious, where would one go from here?
Given that some of the coins are currently impossible (like the $20 1849), the set is never really finished.
So there will always be potential to get closer to the full 100.
Once he posts the current "last 2" he will be at 70/100.
A handful remaining in the top 100 not yet in his set are not impossible, but are readily available coins like the 1c 1955 DDO and 1c 1877.
Likely the plan on those is to wait for a very top pop.
Others in the "missing 30" are rarities that don't appear for sale very often.
So they could potentially be added when they become available.
Could also extend it to something like a "top 200" because there are more than 100 great coins.
He's already done something like that by obtaining some of the coins that were once in the book but are no longer in it.
Or just build other sets, like his $20s.
Judging from the photo, it appears to be the Most Attractive of the 1894-s Barber Dimes.
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Thanks for sharing this. I wrote up the 1792 patterns for the Partrick sale catalog and this was one of the best pieces in the set. Great color for a copper coin.
Here is my 1913 Liberty Nickel PCGS Proof-66 (CAC Green). This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to Louis E. Eliasberg.
This coin is #4 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins" and also in "Elite's Top Ten Famous U.S. Ultra Rarities".
100 Greatest US Coins 6th Edition:
Twenty-five years ago, if you had asked any collector or dealer to name the three greatest U.S. coins, the response would most likely have been the following: the 1804 silver dollar, the 1894-S dime, and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. Today the 1913 Liberty Head nickel ranks fourth on the list of 100 Greatest U.S. Coins. The coin has fallen from the second spot (which it held in the fourth edition of this book) partly due to the large number of other great coins entering the marketplace. There has also been a greater appreciation in recent years for ultra-quality examples of regular-issue rarities.
The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is a coin that simply should not exist. The Liberty Head nickel series ended in December 1912, replaced in 1913 by the newly designed Buffalo nickel. In fact, no 1913 Liberty Head nickels were known or even contemplated until 1919, when Samuel Brown teased the collecting community by advertising to pay $500 for any example. Apparently, this was just a ruse to legitimize coins that he already owned, for in August of 1920, Brown exhibited at least one of them at the annual convention of the American Numismatic Association. Brown actually owned five 1913 Liberty Head nickels, reportedly the entire mintage.
How did Brown obtain the coins? It may have helped that he was the clerk of the Mint from 1912 to 1913, at which time he and some cohorts may have made the coins using Mint equipment.
The set of five 1913 Liberty Head nickels changed hands several times until the early 1940s, when the set was broken up and the coins were sold to individual buyers.
1913 5C Liberty PCGS PR 66 CAC (Pop 1/0)
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Beautiful coin. I just knew he had the finest example. Elite with another banger!
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Another really super coin!!! Thank you, Elite Collection, for posting all of these wonderful coins that we rarely get to see!
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I remember as a kid being enthralled by the Hawaii Five-0 episode with the 1913 Liberty nickel.
Absolutely beautiful coins in this thread.
@GuzziSport: me too; I think that was the “Olsen” coin.
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OKC - World's Fair of Money in August, by chance?
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The unique 1844-O $5 an $10 will be at the World's Fair of Money. This is the first time they will be seen together in over 100 years.
https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/unique-1844-o-5-and-10-proof-gold-coins-reunited-after-100-years-apart/4574
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That sealed the deal. I'm going. Gotta see some cool coins.
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Here is my 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar Original PCGS Proof-68. This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to Walter H. Childs and D. Brent Pogue.
This coin is #2 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins" and also in "Elite's Top Ten Famous U.S. Ultra Rarities".
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The 1804 Silver Dollar is one of the rarest and most popular of all American coins, despite the fact that none were made until 1834 and several were even made many years after that! Mint reports from 1804 show a delivery figure of 19,570 Silver Dollars, but numismatists believe these were all leftover coins dated 1803. Certain qualities of the known 1804 Silver Dollars (and other facts concerning their history) indicate that the first 1804 Silver Dollars were struck in or about 1834, when orders came from the State Department for special sets of coins to be struck for diplomatic purposes. Later restrikes were made sometime after 1857 (a unique example shows the undertype of an 1857 Swiss Shooting Thaler)!
Thus, we find three classes of 1804 Silver Dollars. Class I examples were made circa 1834 - these all have lettered edges and no rust pit in the field just left of the top leaf of the olive branch on the reverse. Class II examples were made after 1857 - the only known specimen has a plain edge. Class III examples were made after 1857 - they all have lettered edges and a rust pit in the afore-mentioned place on the reverse. Currently, eight examples are known of the Class I type, one is known of the Class II, and six are known of the Class III type. The finest example known is a Class I "Original" owned by the C. F. Childs estate; this remarkable coin was recently graded Proof-68 by the Professional Coin Grading Service.
1804 $1 Original Class I PCGS PR 68 (Pop 1/0)
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I attended the Childs sale in 1999 where the 1804 dollar was sold. Nice to see it again!
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I miss my 1804 the most of any coin I’ve sold
I don't have your 1804 anymore.
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Nice collection assembled over only 4 years. It took alot of money and great connections. Specifically Great Collections ( Ian Russell ) as a primary agent. I guess all it takes is $ and the proper far- reaching agent or two who know where the rarities are, the personality to convince an owner to sell and an idea of what $ it will take to “ separate “ the rarity from its previous owner, some of whom would rather have the coin than the $. But I guess everything has its price !
Does it also require focus and good aesthetic taste? You betcha! Does it require numismatic knowledge? No ! All you need is a knowledgable agent and the “ 100 Greatest “ book to guide you - sorta like the decades- old Whitman blue coin album with holes to fill, but on a higher level.
I’d heard rumors two years ago about this collector. It has just been confirmed to me. The Elite owner made his $ big time in the crypto currency market. Was he previously a coin collector before he made his crypto fortune, more than likely . Good idea getting out of the volatile crypto currency market, particularly so with the erratic nature of “ new entries “ in that market ( wink wink ).
I sure hope Elite stays in numismatics rather than in and out like he was in crypto. Where to next ? Rare medals or tokens ? A type set of pre-1800 silver crowns from around the world ? Classic old gold rarities from every country ? Classic ancient rarities - no. Too many really deceptive forgeries and requiring considerable international travel competing with oil billionaires. Rare US Currency ? Maybe as certain really advanced currency collectors are “ getting up there “ and I hear Elite is relatively young.
The Childs 1804 has to be one of the ultimate "keepers".
You never have to worry about upgrading it!
How many of the 100 Greatest US Coins have you had?
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Now that I've revealed my whole 100 Greatest US Coins set, here are the final numbers.
76 of the 100 coins in the 1st Edition of the book. You can see this list of 100 coins in the PCGS Set Registry here: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite/1576.
This set is now #1 all time finest. I have made it public: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/famous-u-s-coins/100-greatest-u-s-coins/alltimeset/268309
70 of the 100 coins in the 6th Edition of the book. This be can seen in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
I also have 9 of the 10 coins that are considered the Ten Most Famous US Ultra Rarities. You can see this set in the PCGS Set Registry here: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite/978
This set is now #2 all time finest behind only Eliasberg, who had all 10 coins. The only coin I'm missing from this set is the 1885 Trade Dollar. That coin has been very elusive.
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This thread and your sets defy superlatives. It is an astounding collection and it’s hard to be believe it was assembled in such a short time. So many of these coins are the ultimate dream coin for many of us - the finest 1913 nickel, the finest 1804 Dollar, the 1933 Double Eagle. I appreciate your willingness to share and discuss your collection so openly.
Amazing collection, and I've been so fortunate to have had experienced these incredible pieces in person.
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Thank you so much for putting this thread together Elite. You really made it fun and exciting for everyone. I wish you continued great success on your numismatic journey! Your achievement is historic by any measure.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey- what a fantastic project! Lots of fun collecting and sharing!
Did I miss the 1933 double eagle? I thought only 1 was in collectors hands not saying he does not own it just don't remember seen it here. And he mentioned saving the best for last I would assume a 1933 double eagle would be the best of the best (or close to it).
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This has been an absolutely excellent thread!
Elite, thank you so much for sharing your collection. I enjoy the added history and detail in each coin posted. I will be in OKC to see the stunning 1844-O's.
Since I've previously posted about my 1933 and it's public knowledge, I put it early on in my reveal. You are right, it should be the last coin but it's not a surprise anymore, so I decided to end with the Big 3.
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