18 Coin 20th Century Major Design Type No Gold

KoolCoin · January 20, 2007 11:09AM

I'm seeing several threads addressing the 20 coin concept. I like collecting by type and the idea of a 20 coin collection is intriguing. This is not to say that my entire coin collection would be soley devoted to 20 coins. It would just be one particular direction amidst a collective effort. I am just trying to figure out a collection that uses the entire PCGS 20 coin box (without going over into another box) with one focus. Using a 20th Century Major Obverse Design Type No Gold I count 18. If I start to fill the other 2 spaces I would be altering the Major Design concept or am I missing a coin or two?

Indian Cent
Lincoln Cent
Buffalo Nickel
Jefferson Nickel
Barber Dime
Mercury Dime
Roosevelt Dime
Barber Quarter
Standing Liberty Quarter
Washington Quarter
Barber Half
Walking Liberty Half
Franklin Half
Kennnedy Half
Morgan Dollar
Peace Dollar
Eisenhower Dollar
Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Koolcoin

NowhereMan · January 20, 2007 11:20AM

What about the "V" Nickel and the Sac dollar?

Rex

Pentimento · January 20, 2007 11:20AM

Missing a nickel.

KoolCoin · January 20, 2007 11:39AM

Of course, the Liberty Head "V" nickel!! That makes 19 and 20 if I include the $SAC from the year 2000 and I could just identify the set as "1900 - 2000 Major Design Types No Gold" !!!

PERFECT!!!!

Thanks

Koolcoin George

NowhereMan · January 20, 2007 11:43AM

According to Wikipedia (yes, I had to look, too) the 20th Century ran from 1901-2000, so Ms. Sac-Man should be included, bringing your total to 20.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century

The cool thing about this set is that you could do a low-grade, common date set for about $100, or you could spend many thousands procuring high grade, key dates.

The only hesitation I have saying that this is all of the major obverse designs is that the state quarter Washington quarter seems like a seperate type, even under this very loose definition.

But, you could justify that exclusion by saying that you are ommitting Commems and Bullion (along with Gold) -- the state quarters are arguably commems...

Cool idea!

Rex

NowhereMan · January 20, 2007 11:49AM

Thinking about type coins...

I enjoyed the QDB type coin book very much, but my one pet peeve was that he never defined what he considered a seperate type. For example, the tiny initial added to the Jefferson Nickel qualified as a seperate type, as did the high releif Peace dollar, but the 1944-1946 lincoln cents with changed composition did NOT qualify as a type. Also, in my opinion, the chin on the 21 Morgan is a MUCH more drastic change than the initials on the Jefferson, and it also didn't qualify. Obviously everyone will come to differrent conclusions about what to include and what not to include, it just seems like an odd ommision to never define the methodology...

Rex

18 Coin 20th Century Major Design Type No Gold

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