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Collecting Options - need help
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I'm working on a display for our local coin club show and have decided on "Collecting Options" as the subject. I will demonstrate several of the options with coins, but I also want to list as many other collecting options as I can to go with the display. Can you post an options I may have overlooked? I'm sure there are many.
Here's what I have so far (those followed by and * will probably be mentioned only):
Dansco 7070 Type set
Short sets (Mercury Dimes and War Nickles)
My Favorites (Capital Plastic holder with my personal favorites)
Full set (Buffalo Nickles)
Date sets (Birthyear)
Year set (one coin from each year of a set like in Morgans)
Toned Coins
Medals
Proof sets (with emphasis on the State Quarters)
Ancients*
Error coins*
Colonians*
Collecting by Mint* (Ex: All Morgan Dollars from New Orleans Mint)
Thanks in advance!
Pete
Here's what I have so far (those followed by and * will probably be mentioned only):
Dansco 7070 Type set
Short sets (Mercury Dimes and War Nickles)
My Favorites (Capital Plastic holder with my personal favorites)
Full set (Buffalo Nickles)
Date sets (Birthyear)
Year set (one coin from each year of a set like in Morgans)
Toned Coins
Medals
Proof sets (with emphasis on the State Quarters)
Ancients*
Error coins*
Colonians*
Collecting by Mint* (Ex: All Morgan Dollars from New Orleans Mint)
Thanks in advance!
Pete
"Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
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One way of collecting is also first year/design change years.
So, Jeff nickels could have 1938 and then 2004, 2005, 2006.
Could do the whole thing for each denomination...kind of a subset for a typeset.
It's actually one of the ways I am doing our dansco 7070 but it can work with any denom
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Pete
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Civil War tokens, Hard Times tokens, transit tokens, California gold, so-called dollars are other popular collecting areas. For these it is near impossible to aim for complete sets, so many collectors focus on a geographic theme or a subject theme, such as token from a certain city or state.
In the old days, some folks hoarded rolls and bought proof sets in quantity, so there are two more ways some folks collect.
1. coinage illustrating the transition around 1857-1858, when foreign coins were demonetized in the US, the half cent ceased production, and the large cent ceased production in favor of the Flying Eagle cent (some interesting pattern cents too)
2. coins that the mint had problems striking fully (Standing Liberty quarters, Flying Eagle cents, Peace dollars, Walking Liberty half dollars, etc.)
3. coinage illustrating the transition to the use of steam-powered presses
4. coins having overmintmarks (there are about 12 of these as I recall, including the 1938 D/S Buffalo nickel and the 1900 O/CC Morgan dollar)
5. coins made in southern mints (Charlotte, Dahlonega, New Orleans)
6. chopmarked coins (not just Trade dollars, also Seated Liberty coinage)
7. famous design, engraving, and polishing screw-ups on coins (e.g., 1802 large cent with 1/000 on reverse, 1817 15 stars large cent, 1883 no cents Liberty nickel, 1937D 3-legged Buffalo nickel, 1983 no-S proof Roosevelt dime, etc.)
2) "Private Patterns"
3) Confederate States of America
4) CCHDs
5) Coins made by US Manila Mint
6) Coins made by US Mint for other countries, e.g. France
7) American Eagles
8) Reverse Proofs
9) BiMetallic (LOC)
10) Modern Gold Commems
(Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
In general, there are many ways to collect die varieties. Could be something as basic as die type pairings over a series, or overdates, or ....
Clashes and rotated dies are fun and challenging.
Errors, of course, are avidly collected by some people.
Collecting by the mints: one example from each mint....perhaps to extend a type set.
A complete set of dates/mints for a singleclassic commemorative. Booker T. Washington would be an example.
Type sets: 19th century minors, gold, seated, 20th century, large cents, ... many possibilities beyond the 7070.
NSDR - Life Member
SSDC - Life Member
ANA - Pay As I Go Member
holed coins
K S
David
ALSO:
Greyside and/or Darkside..... No pun intended, but there IS a WORLD to choose from......
<< <i>You completely missed world coins. >>
I thought I caught those when I said foreign? Thanks either way!
Pete
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<< <i>You completely missed world coins. >>
Oops! I did completely miss them, I had it in my head, but forgot to type it (but thought I did). Thanks for the reminder!! Pete
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<< <i>You completely missed world coins. >>
Oops! I did completely miss them, I had it in my head, but forgot to type it (but thought I did). Thanks for the reminder!! Pete >>
Why only mention errors? If you choose to only mention those, then you should only choose to only mention toned coins.
Thanks for the input everyone, much appreciated!!
Best wishes to all,
Pete
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Why only mention errors? If you choose to only mention those, then you should only choose to only mention toned coins. >>
I'm limited as to the number of cases I can use for the display AND more importantly, I don't have enough error coins to make a decent display, where I do have enough tones ones.
I love them all, but I can't collect (display) everything. We have an avid error collector in the club and I understand he might do a display this year, so error coins might be well represented.
All the best,
Pete
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If I were you, I would emphasize that part of the fun of collecting can be in determining what constitutes a set for yourself. Some creative sets I thought of that I am presently pursuing are:
Obscure Denominations of the Civil War Era:
$.02, $.03S, $.03N, H$.10, $1.00G
Type 1 / Type 2: (Issues where there is a significant change made to the design immediately after intorduction...)
IHC T1 & T2, 1909 Lincoln Cent VDB & no VDB, Shield $.05 Rays & No Rays, V-Nickel No Cents & Cents, Buffalo T1 & T2, SLQ T1 & T2, Indian $10.00 No Motto & Motto, Saint $20.00 No Motto & Motto
Lady Libery In Native Costume: (Artistically these are some of my favorite US coins...)
IHC, $1.00G T2 & T3, Princess $3.00, Indian $10.00
>>>My Collection
I woud be sure to emphasize how coins can be collected, not just what can be collected. Instead of providing a laundry list of what is out there and can be collected, take one series and show how there are many different ways to collect within one series.
Take Large Cents, for example.
Date Set
-Within Dates....Early Dates/Middle Dates/Late Dates
-Within Early Dates....Chains/Wreaths/Liberty Caps/Draped Busts/Classic Heads
-Within Draped Busts...Varieties
-Within Varieties.... Collectibles/Non-Collectibles
-Within Collectible Varieties... One Variety with Die States
-Grade and Condition... High Grade/Low Grade Choice Examples
-Color.... Matching color/Color Variety
-Errors.... and so on...
The same approach could also be used on almost any series of coins. Take Lincoln Cents, an old standby...
-Date/Mintmark Set
-Wheats/Early Wheats/Old Hubs/Memorials
-Major Die Varieties/Minor Die Varieties/RPMs/DDOs/DDRs
-Errors
-Die States
-Color/Toning...
I also think an important aspect to collecting is sources for material. Whether it's bank rolls, coin shows, auction firms, or ebay- each offers different possibilites and affects and is affected by what you choose to collect.
Ed. S.
(EJS)