What do you think the most valuable registry set is and how much it is worth

ScarsdaleCoin · April 28, 2004 12:40PM

I was just looking at a few sets and got to wonder what the most valuable set is and what it might be worth???? anyone have any clues????

relayer · April 28, 2004 12:44PM

TradeDollarNut's 1.6 Million

JrGMan2004 · April 28, 2004 12:46PM

Check out the Joshua II Merc Set... some real high dollar coins in there... would love to know how much he has spent on that set...

Russ · April 28, 2004 12:46PM

I have to think that Cardinal's early dollars is right up there.

Russ, NCNE

jbsteven · April 28, 2004 12:46PM

Doesn't Cardinal have a reg set? Wonder how much it is worth?

Stuart · April 28, 2004 12:47PM

Cardinal's Bust Dollar Set Worth $M

Russ · April 28, 2004 12:50PM

Is there an echo in here?

Russ, NCNE

dollardude · April 28, 2004 12:55PM

My friend Mike Casper had a Morgan dollar registry set called "New York City Set", but he sold it, and it is now retired as one of the all-time finest sets ever assembled. I'll bet it was worth at least $2M (he did not disclose the sales price).

Edited to add: Here is the link: New York City Set.

Edited to add: "California I" has this same set with a slightly higher average, so this one is probably worth a bit more.

BAJJERFAN · April 28, 2004 1:11PM

I dare say its worth a fair amount more than mine!!

boiler78 · April 28, 2004 1:31PM

I would say without a doubt the High Desert complete US type coin set which is 100% complete and carries an average grade of 65.15!

I just wish the owner would open the set up so we could appreciate it even more.

elwood · April 28, 2004 1:40PM

All Time or Current?

All Time-Eliasberg

The current most valuable sets are not even in the Registry and not likely to show up there.

dollardude · April 28, 2004 1:41PM

The Legend Collection of liberty seated dollars also has to be worth a fortune, simply due to the large number of coins required.

ARCO · April 28, 2004 2:51PM

The steven Duckor collection of Barber halves is surely nothing to sneeze at. We are talking about a complete set of Barber halves in Gem at the minimum and most are 66-67 with a 68 or two including a gem 1892-o micro o. That is 74 expensive as helll barber halves. The set would have to be worth easily more than one million dollars. Maybe not the most expensive, but has to be close.

Barber Half set

Tyler

Boom · April 28, 2004 3:02PM

Those are all sets of legendary proporton but let us not overlook manofcoins' "All time greatest"

It ain't no baby! If you recall the grades you saw when he did open it up you saw numbers that

are out of this world! Being in that group and knowing what mine is worth...let's just say, 83 coins

and he has me beat by one full point (GPA). Every one of his coins is one grade higher than

every one of mine. The dude knows his stuff.

I'll give you just 2 examples a 52-D pcgs 67 has a population of 6 with none higher.
the 63-D with a population of 3 with none higher...dig this.. $4500 for the 52D and $7000 for the 63D

Now they're all like that...you do the math. THESE AREN'T EVEN KEY DATES!!!!!

JohnZ · April 28, 2004 3:07PM

There a number of incredible registry sets to be certain.

But of all collections, elwood is correct: the Eliasberg.

No one will ever achieve that again.

tradedollarnut · April 28, 2004 3:17PM

Assuming Jon's question pertained to individual specialized sets, and not full collections, Boiler78 is probably correct.

I do think a gem grade average on an unweighted Registry type set can be a bit misleading, tho. It'll be interesting to see what the soon to be implemented weighting does to the grade point averages for them. I've always shied away from that area in the Registry because I didn't like a modern proof coin being treated equally with a 1796 quarter, for example. I suspect you'll see the type set weighted averages fall drastically from where they are currently with no weighting.

JohnZ · April 28, 2004 4:35PM

Hey Bruce, your collection is one of my personal favorites.

An amazing achievement.

oreville · April 28, 2004 4:42PM

I think the answer is pretty clear.

My answer assumes that the question applies to those who entered their registry set after PCGS started the registry set thingie which precludes Eliasberg.

The answer: Belzberg and his Canadian coins. Higher than High Desert and tradedollarnut.

Great Chess player too! I don't stand a chance in ever getting to his level!

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS · April 28, 2004 4:51PM

Wake Up Kids !!!!

The Jim McGuigan collection of Half Cents is worth in excess of $3,000,000.Word has it will be on display in PIttsburgh at the ANA

Stewart

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS · April 28, 2004 4:53PM

The Unregistered set of Lincoln Memorial Cents that belongs to Gerry is most valuable to Gerry

Stewart

tradedollarnut · April 28, 2004 10:37PM

Before one could definitively answer the question posed, I guess Jon would have to define exactly what he meant by "registry set". Is it a single series in either MS or PF? A single design in both MS and PF? A single class of coins - such as the Seated Liberty series of dollars which encompasses the Gobrechts, Liberty Seated and Trade Dollars? A single denomination?

A killer Registry Set can be entered into the "Complete Liberty Seated Series" area of the Registry simply by combining many individual sets into one.

I for one would have a tough time calling an entire collection of Canadian coins a single Registry set!

Sorry, Stewart, but I doubt $3M is even good for Honorable Mention...

boiler78 · April 28, 2004 10:56PM

Bruce- I never noticed that the complete US typeset was unweighted!

That goes a long way toward explaining why the High Desert set is not viewable. So the average grade when you combine a Proof 70dcam state quarter with an AU 58 1796 quarter is 65. Makes a big difference!! I want to change my vote to the Legend Seated dollar collection. Great set!

Mark

CarlWohlforth · April 28, 2004 11:48PM

The complete type set is tough. There are around 130 coins needed. These include a lot of pre 1800 stuff like Chain Cents, Liberty Cap Half Cents and the Bust Half Disme. There are tough gold coins like a $3 coin and a High Relief Saint. There is a Gobrecht dollar. I know some of the date sets are also tough and expensive but for High Desert to assemble 130 coins with an average grade of near MS 65 can't be cheap!

What do you think the most valuable registry set is and how much it is worth

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