Circulated Commemoratives

pocketpiececommems · October 14, 2005 10:15PM

How many of you are collecting circulated commemoratives?

Outhaul · October 14, 2005 10:16PM

me

Higashiyama · October 15, 2005 1:12AM

Hello Pocketpiece -- you've got a great registry set! I am of course a fellow circulated commem collector.

Question about your Stone Mountain -- how much detail is left? On my Stone Mountain, the reverse, apart from the eagle, is completely worn off -- the eagle is the only remnant of a device, yet it is graded F02. I was hoping for a P01 on this one. I guess the obverse "limits the grade" since it retains more detail after long circulation. I'm curious to know what a P01 looks like.

shirohniichan · October 15, 2005 1:15AM

I don't actively search for them, but I buy circulated California commems when I see them (except the Monroe Doctrine, of course-- one is enough).

dizzyfoxx · October 15, 2005 1:49AM

Am I correct in assuming that finding nice circulated early commemoratives is tougher than finding mint state examples?

D · October 15, 2005 1:52AM

Any link to the registry set with the circulated commems?

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-Daniel

flaminio · October 15, 2005 1:56AM

<< <i>Am I correct in assuming that finding nice circulated early commemoratives is tougher than finding mint state examples?

>>

Correct. The markets are lousy with MS63-64-65 examples -- you can find practically any of them any day of the week. But an honest EF40 could take you years to track down.

Outhaul · October 15, 2005 1:59AM

I had a PCGS G4 Isabella that I sold to Pat Braddick...wish I hadn't.

Cheers,

Bob

pocketpiececommems · October 15, 2005 7:07AM

In response to Dizzyfox. Nice circulated commems are definately harder to find.

mozin · October 15, 2005 7:41AM

<< <i>In response to Dizzyfox. Nice circulated commems are definately harder to find. >>

Does that mean you pay more for a circulated Commem than for MS60?

Which Classic Commems are EASY to find, besides the Columbian?

Numismanic · October 15, 2005 8:44AM

Here's my circulated Bay Bridge Commem.

Higashiyama · October 15, 2005 8:44AM

Here are links to the two circulated commemorative registry sets:

PocketPiece

Higashiyama

I think unimpaired highly circulated commens are often worth more than the same coin in low MS grades. Certainly this is true for the Columbian. Though commen as a circulated commen, it is very hard in P01!

mozin · October 15, 2005 8:54AM

Am I correct in assuming the ultimate goal here is to collect all 50 designs with grade of 1?

Higashiyama · October 15, 2005 9:35AM

Probably that is not a realistic goal -- it is truly difficult to find the later commens (apart from BTW and Washington-Carver) with any wear at all. My goal is to find all 50 classic commems with natural looking wear, and for the early issues, to find very well worn specimens, eg, in the P01 - G04 range.

flaminio · October 15, 2005 9:49AM

<< <i>Am I correct in assuming the ultimate goal here is to collect all 50 designs with grade of 1? >>

Sure, but that's about as realistic as getting all 50 in a grade of 70.

Well, 69 maybe...

flaminio · October 15, 2005 9:51AM

<< <i>Does that mean you pay more for a circulated Commem than for MS60?

>>

MS60 is probably a bad example, because many MS60s look like crap. I'd be willing to wager that the same commem in a FR2 slab would sell for more than one in an MS60 slab, 45 out of 50 times.

pocketpiececommems · October 15, 2005 2:27PM

Yes, I would pay more for a FR-02 than a MS-60.

mozin · October 16, 2005 11:31AM

I think I have this collecting circulated Classic Commems straight now.
1. Collect only PCGS because only PCGS has a registry, where only PCGS coins are allowed.
2. Buy the lowest grade available.
3. Try to get a full 50 piece set.

I noticed there are only two of these sets on the entire PCGS registry so this endeavor seems pretty exclusive. I did not find NGC graded coins in this series graded low enough to be of value to this type of collector. ANACS has the vast majority of these low grade coins likely because they net grade.

ANACS could start a collecting trend here.

I am not off to a very good start collecting circulated Classic Commems since my lowest graded one is PCGS MS 63 Lafayette.

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