Coin Collection Flexing - Who has the best? 👀
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I only have a few like slabbed cool coins, but I know people have been collecting for decades so I just want to see everybody's massive collections
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There are definitely some heavy hitters among us. I am sure someone will post some 5,6 &7 figure coins.
I consider myself a mid level collector. Many people here have better collections than this, but here goes:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1117044/complete-1890-mint-set/p1
That is a really awesome set! I really wish I could afford double eagles--or US gold in general. Maybe in the future 🤔
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- Someone, probably
Peruse the Registry Set pages. Most have photos. Most owners are members on these boards.
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
This is what I was going to recommend. Here is the link: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase-categories/105
Definitely Eliasberg
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
BHNC #AN-10
JRCS #1606
This. Many of the hobby elites are members here. This includes the top collectors and dealers of the country who have handled this hobby’s ultra rarities .
...this one springs to mind... EliteCollection
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1113733/my-100-greatest-us-coins-collection/p1
My collection is pocket change by comparison... lol...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
...Doesn't DL Hansen post here on occasion?
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
"Who has the best?"
Don't care. It's not a competition for me. YMMV, of course.
Eliasberg has left the forum
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
I don't even want "the best", whatever that means.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
This is an exceptional group made up of a few collectors here. Photo credit to Flyingal
I don't have the best collection, but I like it the best because of all of the pleasure it has given me.
My intent was never to be # 1 but rather to assemble a set to the best of my personal ability of which I am proud to own. To show that with knowledge, perseverance and patience, a good quality, classic set can be achieved. By that criteria, I feel that I have succeeded marvelously. I am only in competition with the man in the mirror. 😉.
I am # 8 ATS (NGC) and could easily be # 7 with a few minor upgrades. The number one Walker guy ATS his name is DHM Indy. He is untouchable and literally has over 110,000 points more than the number two fellow. Dozens are top pops.
Gerald Forsythe has the best PCGS only (highest technically graded) Walker set ever. I don’t believe that he posts here.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Ain't that the truth!
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How do you define best?
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
the absolute COOLEST!!!!!
He has in the past. I have been on a hiatus until recently so I don’t know how active he is. David Lawrence, his agent, is definitely a member too.
Yeah, be careful what you ask for. 😂 There are world class collectors swimming amongst us minnows around here.
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets
One: I have common sense not to have a huge red arrow going LOOK AT ME CROOKS!!
Two: I do not have a huge ego to feed like many here do
silver coin sale at link below
https://photos.app.goo.gl/N1s4aR1Gex59y26c7
Just collect what you like and can afford, and don’t worry about what others have. No matter how good your collection is, someone else has a better one.
As has been said, there are some members here that have collections that would absolutely floor you. The best of the best in many series. The finest knowns, not just by grade but by eye appeal.
And most that I have met are actually quite cool, unassuming and without a lot of ego. Good folks who might even share a cup of coffee or a drink with you if you happened to be in the same place at the right time.
I am but a minnow in the tank, but even the minnow finds a cool fish lure now and then. 🐟
“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
@cameonut2011 . I'm afraid David Lawrence passed away many years ago. I had the honor of dealing with him a few times. i'm a nobody in fly over country but that is not how he treated me. Perhaps you just were referring to the company he founded. James
Yes, I was referring to the corporate entity.
I've never seen a collection I envied more than Boilers..
Every coin a monster.
Mine aren’t the highest grade, they are all circulated, but they made #1 in the registry at NCG for circulated type sets before and #2 at PCGS for Everyman set. Oh, and #1 at Great Collections for their Circulated Type registry sets.
Here’s a group shot. Ignore the 4 at the beginning and end, those are just to make the picture come out symmetrical.
Mr_Spud
I think JohnF posts occasionally, on behalf of the David Lawrence company.
@winesteven is basically a dragon. His hoard is below.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
DANG THOSE LOOK COOL
Yes, I’ll keep my word, and will mail you that $5 I promised you (lol).
Thanks for your super kind comment, and like most of us, we each get pleasure from this wonderful hobby and our collections, regardless of value. However, I’m not in the same league as any of the names previously mentioned, but I appreciate your compliment.
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
I like to think of myself as an Eliasberg like collector
……….of widgets.
@Mr_Spud
That is a bad-a** display!!!
Love it!!
“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
I have a nice collection. Some people think I am "a whale," a heavy hitter, but I am only a dolphin. I have seen the collections the whales have, and I am not in their class.
What is a whale? Someone who has 1M plus spent on their collection (that's my definition). So, Bill, you are a whale!
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
You are right about the first part, but when you have seen what guys like Simson had and TDN, I am not in their class.
I don't (have the best).
It sure ain't me.
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