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How broad do you cast your nets?
shirohniichan
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I got into high-gear buying coins for every coin interest I'm currently pursuing. It has really gotten out of hand. Here's what I'm working on:
- chopmarked San Francisco trade dollars (just finished, so now I can start upgrading
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- US transition year type set (got most of the inexpensive coins)
- 20th century US type set
- Canadian type set
- Canadian silver dollars 1935-67 (only 2 to go)
- modern Canadian silver and nickel dollars
- Canadian large cents (only 4 to go)
- Philippines type set (just started)
- world 20 cent piece equivalents (1 to go)
- chopmarked type set
Only the chopmarked type set and some Canadian sets are left that include inexpensive coins. Everything else means forking out at least a couple hundred bucks a pop. That wouldn't be too bad if I had a dry spell like I've had up until a month ago, but all kinds of things are coming on the market that I've been looking for.
Is my pack-rat collecting style common? How do you purposely lose interest in some coins so you can get rid of them? Maybe I should work on my cars more.
- chopmarked San Francisco trade dollars (just finished, so now I can start upgrading
)- US transition year type set (got most of the inexpensive coins)
- 20th century US type set
- Canadian type set
- Canadian silver dollars 1935-67 (only 2 to go)
- modern Canadian silver and nickel dollars
- Canadian large cents (only 4 to go)
- Philippines type set (just started)
- world 20 cent piece equivalents (1 to go)
- chopmarked type set
Only the chopmarked type set and some Canadian sets are left that include inexpensive coins. Everything else means forking out at least a couple hundred bucks a pop. That wouldn't be too bad if I had a dry spell like I've had up until a month ago, but all kinds of things are coming on the market that I've been looking for.
Is my pack-rat collecting style common? How do you purposely lose interest in some coins so you can get rid of them? Maybe I should work on my cars more.
Obscurum per obscurius
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Dragon
Primary
20th Century Type Set (Circ Strike) 1 coin left after my 1917-P T1 arrives (MS64FH)
1792-1964 Type Set (Long Way to go)
Secondary
Proof Washington Qtrs, 1936-1964
Complete (But occaisional upgrades possible)
1965-1967 SMS Set
1950-Present Type Set (MS)
1950-Present Type Set (PR)
Ike Dollars (MS) Complete
Ike Dollars (PR) Complete
al h.
My illness currently manifests itself, variously, in the following symptoms:
1. Proof CAM/DCAM Jefferson Upgrades;
2. Proof Brilliant Jefferson Additions;
3. MS Buffaloes (both raw for my Dansco, and slabbed -- for a new Registry Set);
4. [MYSTERY] nickels, which will be my next major Registry Set effort;
5. Books, Cross-over Submissions, Futile Regrade Attempts, etc., secondary to the above
Sometimes it is really hard to focus, especially when you REALLY REALLY like all the series' you are working on.
William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night
I am sure my wife of 30 years would agree.
I cannot seem to reign in my interests in coins. I tell myself that I will not branch out, then find a wonderful coin that I have to have even though it does not fit into my current interests. The next thing you know, I am working on a set.
This has happened over and over to me. While I still try to contain myself, I find that each time I stray it leads to more research and therefore a broader knowledge of the coin world.
When the temptation to get a "new" coin hits, let yourself go, HOARD ALL YOU CAN, we only live once.
John
U.S. Type Coin Collection 1797-2001
Australian Commemoratives
Modern U.S. Commemoratives
Photos
Washington Quarters Set (80% Complete Need a lot of 30's dates and some 40's dates)
Roosevelt Dimes Set (Now Complete to Date)
Silver Eagles Set (Now Complete to Date)
Franklin Halfs (Includes Proofs)
20th Century Type (Only need a Type 1 Standing Lib Quarter and Barber Half)
Jefferson Nickel (Need Many)
All circulation strike $1 (1900-Present) Almost finished except for some Morgans and Peace.
1792-1964 Type Set. long way to go
BTW Commemoratives. long way to go
Washington/Carver Commemoratives. long way to go
Collecting Dollars
If you look at the redbook pages 68 and 262 you'll see part of what I collect. I think my aim is to own it all
There are times when I'll make a list of coins to buy or at least look for when I go shopping, then I'll end up with something completely different. Then it starts all over again, a new set to work on!
It's an AMC Pacer wagon, and you know it! I'll race your Gremlin any day of the week!
The funny thing is that I started "secondary sets" to work on while I looked for the few rare coins I needed to complete a year set. So while looking for a rare trade dollar variety and some rare gold I bought some Canadian dollars here, some US type coins there, and other stuff (including US Mint medals). By the time I found the trade dollar I was looking for my Canadian dollar set was mostly finished and I'd branched out to other sets. When the rare gold coin I wanted finally came up for auction, I had to decide between spending $9,000 on a single coin or continuing my other collections for a year or two. I chose the latter.
BTW, if anyone has a Romanian 1876 1 leu to sell, I'll buy it and finally finish my 20 cent piece equivalent collection.
Obscurum per obscurius
Seriously, i have found almost every whitman & harris album there is-- and i will fill them all. (so far, i've filled lincs, rosies, i think jeff nicks, the latter years washingtons, and maybe one more. . . . . )
Then i'm working on proof sets
and my odd denom type set.
But the silver comems are getting my attention. . . . .
There ought to be a vaccine for this hobby.
B.
A Tax is a fine for doing good.
US business strike dollars 1878 to present in the best condition that I can afford (actually two sets, raw & PCGS certs) When these sets are finished I plan to expand to include Trade & Bust dollars
Franklin halves
State proof & uncirculated quarters - my neices can afford this series and it gives us something to do together
US & foriegn coins that in some way have a ship on them (try finding them with an ebay search with out a specific coin in mind)