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BigAl
BigAl Posts: 1,279 ✭✭✭
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I thinking about starting a date set but limited (at least initially) to one particular mint - so all the diff denominations/ types of coins produced at that mint for a particular year.
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Branching out from my typical collection lanes of silver dollars and halves will be interesting . I’m looking forward to it, but need some advice on the date and mint (and list of coins) - any help appreciated, Al.

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  • alaura22
    alaura22 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Search through the PCGS registry sets, you might find something that you like

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  • Batman23
    Batman23 Posts: 5,494 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Do you have a desire for early 1800s, mid-late 1800s, early 1900s, If you want something with some extras, pick a year with 2 cent, 3 cent, or 20 cent type coins to make it more interesting. Take your birth year and drop 100 years from it. Find something that you will enjoy and run with it.

  • The_Dinosaur_Man
    The_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Go Carson City or New Orleans

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  • pcgscacgold
    pcgscacgold Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A date set is fun to do. I have been working on an 1836 date set. I have the 25c, 50c, $2.50 and $5.00. Every show I go to I try to find something that brings the set one coin closer. Maybe in 2036 I can have it completed.

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  • TallahasseeCoinClub
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    I have frequently thought that if it's a relatively approachable date (i.e. NOT 1921), it would be fun to accumulate as many different U.S. and World coins as possible for that year.

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  • breakdown
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    Any Civil War date would be interesting and challenging.

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  • BillJones
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    I completed a date set which consisted of one coin per year from 1792 to date. The cent has been produced every year from 1793 to date. The lone exception is 1815 when a lack of cent planchets from England, because of the War of 1812, prevented their coinage. I bought an 1815 quarter to cover that year.

    So far as date sets go, the only one a consequence, which I have is a 1795 from the half cent to the $10 gold. I have considered others, but the gold coins are the usual stoppers.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • coinbuf
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    I very much like putting together date sets and have many completed. These are fun to do as they usually do not involve a lot of coins and there are many ways to approach collecting like this. Just my 2c but if I could afford it I would do an 1839 year set. There are a couple unique coins from that date, 1839-O $2 1/2 gold coin the first gold coin minted at NOLA. And the 1839 capped half reeded edge, the only production reeded edge produced at NOLA. Unfortunately those two coins are very pricey and make this an expensive year to do.

    Other fun year sets are transition years, 1800, 1900, 2000; or a birthyear of a significant family member.

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