still looking for bust coinage for my type set

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• BillJones Posts: 34,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2003 7:26AM

  This coin is OK, but it's nothing special.
  
  I don't know what you budget is, but if I were building a type set, I'd save my pennies and buy an EF or an AU. With type collecting you buy common dates in the best grades you can afford. That way you may never want to replace it, but if you do, you will have something worthwhile to sell or trade in on a better one.

  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 ... ?

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• 1907Quarter Posts: 2,770

  February 28, 2003 7:45AM

  actually, just f15 for the 4 busts. The quarter's gonna be difficult-I've been looking for 6mos.

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• BillJones Posts: 34,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2003 7:59AM

  Unfortunately most of the Reduced Size Quarters (1831-7) in grades below AU-55 are often pretty ugly. If fact most the AU coins are pretty disappointing.
  
  I've got a dipped AU in an NGC holder that I love. It's lustrous and sharply struck. I've got a totally original NGC AU in my inventory. It's the type of coin that only those who like untouched coins would love.

  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 ... ?

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• 1907Quarter Posts: 2,770

  February 28, 2003 8:04AM

  large size quarter(early) btw

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• BillJones Posts: 34,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 28, 2003 8:11AM

  The large size quarter is even tougher. Most of the pieces I see in slabs are overgraded. The raw ones are usually worse. That includes the Mint State pieces as well.
  
  I know of a coin from the Eliasberg collection (marked as such) that is in a MS-65 holder that really isn't Mint State if you are honest about it. The dealer that owns it would probably give you a deal on it, relitively speaking....

  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 ... ?

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