Seated Liberty Dollar collection begins
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I have not yet received my first coin of the collection. It's an 1871 in SEGS VF and was the subject of a thread of mine last week. Even though the collection is without coins still I did receive a crucial ingredient. This weekend arrived the album that I will be storing my collection in and thanks go to the CU member that I obtained it from. I'm very pleased with it as it is nearly 40 years old and looks brand new. Soon, hopefully, the 1871 slot will be filled. I've attached some photos of the album.
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I had my seated and bust dollars in them.... before I sold them..... as well as a few other collections
Still have the bust album around somewhere.... Have to look.... I think I might still have a trade dollar album too.....
All my other US album mounted collections are in them too..... except for the lincolns....
Bust, seated, barber, mercury, and Roosvelt dimes...
Peace dollars
Best of Luck with the collection.....
I had almost complete set of albums in duplicate at one time.... Lots of demand when I sold them, several years ago
No, thankfully there is not. The front cover of the album says that the 1838 and 1839 Gobrecht Dollars are not included as only a few of each were made as patterns. It also says that the 1870-S has been omitted as this coin is so rare as to be beyond reach.
I still remember many years ago when I started my Liberty Seated Quarter collection.
I had bought an 1861 in AU and I really liked it. I decided to put a set together. Little did I know the Seated Quarters is one of the most difficult sets there is to complete.
I didn't know or care, I was just as happy as if I were in my right mind.
Ray
<< <i>clw54 - "Is there a place for the 1870-S in that album?"
No, thankfully there is not. The front cover of the album says that the 1838 and 1839 Gobrecht Dollars are not included as only a few of each were made as patterns. It also says that the 1870-S has been omitted as this coin is so rare as to be beyond reach. >>
At least they had a sense of reality as the 1838, 1839, and 1870-S are beyond the reach of just about everyone (except TDN of course!)
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Any idea of who on the forum would be well versed in the value of scarcer circ Philly seated dollars? I know the CDN values are sort of out to lunch in the Fine-AU range. But I don't know how much since I don't actively collect these. Had a nice EF-45 1853 offered to me today. Did lots of research on past prices today but really couldn't nail the price down.
Thanks
Brian
It certainly does. I realize that these coins will prove to be exceedingly difficult for me to get. I've seen many modern day replicas of them on Ebay and will probably buy those for $25 a pop and put them in so I don't have to stare at the emply slots. HaHa
<< <i>The Weimar W. White book says the 1851 has fewer than 10 circulated in existence. I don't know how accurate this is, however. >>
From my experience, that is fairly accurate. I've heard of/seen/bought/sold only a VG, 2 VF's, and an EF-AU among the circulated 1851 Original (high date) Seated dollars. I've seen one impaired proof (F-VF) 1851 Restrike (centered date) 1851. There are a few more circulated 1852 and 1858 Seated dollars, but still not very many.
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I'm trying to complete a Philadelphia seated half dollar collection and it has been exciting but it will be a while until I finish it.