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Type set conundrum
Those of you who are doing a type set, do you put your key date coin for
the series in there, or do you put the best example of the series you can find in there, or something else? Where do the key dates go, and what's your thinking for it? In my mind, having, say, a 1972 DDO cent in there for the Lincoln Memorial cent is more interesting than some random MS69 zincoln, for instance. Not that I have either right now but I'm trying to plan ahead. Looking at my type set, for some it's easy (I only _have_ one silver trime), but for coins where I also have a book, I'm kind of undecided. Any thoughts? "Do it how you like", I know, I'm just curious to see what other folks like or don't like about how they're doing it. I don't have a lot of stress about cracking open slabs to populate the books, but until I decide which one they're going in, the coins are staying in the slabs. I don't want to handle some of those more than I need to. |
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"Dave Hinz" wrote in message ... Those of you who are doing a type set, do you put your key date coin for the series in there, or do you put the best example of the series you can find in there, or something else? Where do the key dates go, and what's your thinking for it? In my mind, having, say, a 1972 DDO cent in there for the Lincoln Memorial cent is more interesting than some random MS69 zincoln, for instance. Not that I have either right now but I'm trying to plan ahead. Looking at my type set, for some it's easy (I only _have_ one silver trime), but for coins where I also have a book, I'm kind of undecided. Any thoughts? "Do it how you like", I know, I'm just curious to see what other folks like or don't like about how they're doing it. I don't have a lot of stress about cracking open slabs to populate the books, but until I decide which one they're going in, the coins are staying in the slabs. I don't want to handle some of those more than I need to. The coins in my 20th Century type set are highest grade examples I can afford, and as such, this usually eliminates the key dates from consideration. An AU brown 1955 DDO would look out of place among its bright red sister Lincolns, even though it might be more interesting. But even if the DDO were MS65R, I would prefer to keep it separate from my type set. I also like uniformity in my type set, so I have selected coins all in one particular company's slab. With a 19th century type set, I would try for as much uniformity in appearance as possible, and would still probably prefer to have the coins in slabs rather than raw in 2x2's or albums. I never had much luck with BU coins in albums staying BU, especially Gem BU coppers. Bruce |
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:10:02 +0000, Dave Hinz wrote:
Those of you who are doing a type set, do you put your key date coin for the series in there, or do you put the best example of the series you can find in there, or something else? Where do the key dates go, and what's your thinking for it? 8------------------------------------------ IMHO My suggestion is this: a) Decide how much you want to invest in your type set b) Decide what you want your type set to include. If I decide as an answer to 'a' as 3,000 USD, and an answer to 'b' as a Dansco type album, you can forget keys. I order to get around the VG seated dollar next to the MS Morgan kind of issue, you could do something like pre 1875 in F, 1876-1925 VF, 1925-1950 XF, 1951 MS. Personally I prefer albums much more than slabs. I think it would be neat if you had the money to do all key dates, and if you were looking at it as an investment also, it would be great. I personally think the whole point of type set compiliation though is to represent a 'type' of coin, and thus the best example of it (condition wise) merits the greatest consideration. -- dw |
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"linxlvr" dropped by with some cogent insight, in part:
I personally think the whole point of type set compiliation though is to represent a 'type' of coin, and thus the best example of it (condition wise) merits the greatest consideration. Well stated, ol' chap! And precisely the way that I also opt to look at it... Amistad 'make mine a nicely detailed one, even if it's a cheapy' |
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:20:21 -0600, Amistad wrote:
"linxlvr" dropped by with some cogent insight, in part: I personally think the whole point of type set compiliation though is to represent a 'type' of coin, and thus the best example of it (condition wise) merits the greatest consideration. Well stated, ol' chap! And precisely the way that I also opt to look at it... And, that allows me to put the keys into the empty spots in the other album. There's still that pesky "slab or album" question, but yeah I see your (plural) thinking. |
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Bruce Remick wrote: "Dave Hinz" wrote in message ... Those of you who are doing a type set, do you put your key date coin for the series in there, or do you put the best example of the series you can find in there, or something else? Where do the key dates go, and what's your thinking for it? In my mind, having, say, a 1972 DDO cent in there for the Lincoln Memorial cent is more interesting than some random MS69 zincoln, for instance. Not that I have either right now but I'm trying to plan ahead. Looking at my type set, for some it's easy (I only _have_ one silver trime), but for coins where I also have a book, I'm kind of undecided. Any thoughts? "Do it how you like", I know, I'm just curious to see what other folks like or don't like about how they're doing it. I don't have a lot of stress about cracking open slabs to populate the books, but until I decide which one they're going in, the coins are staying in the slabs. I don't want to handle some of those more than I need to. The coins in my 20th Century type set are highest grade examples I can afford, and as such, this usually eliminates the key dates from consideration. An AU brown 1955 DDO would look out of place among its bright red sister Lincolns, even though it might be more interesting. But even if the DDO were MS65R, I would prefer to keep it separate from my type set. I also like uniformity in my type set, so I have selected coins all in one particular company's slab. With a 19th century type set, I would try for as much uniformity in appearance as possible, and would still probably prefer to have the coins in slabs rather than raw in 2x2's or albums. I never had much luck with BU coins in albums staying BU, especially Gem BU coppers. Bruce Nickels don't stay BU either--depending on the album and how many times it gets handled. Actually most collections do not match at all. It takes a huge amount of effort to get a whole set to match unless it's a short series. But it really looks bad seeing a BU Kennedy on the same page as a G-VG Bust half--which is what most people will do. |
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Dave Hinz wrote in news:4vndq9F1cs7p3U2
@mid.individual.net: Those of you who are doing a type set, do you put your key date coin for the series in there, or do you put the best example of the series you can find in there, or something else? Where do the key dates go, and what's your thinking for it? In my mind, having, say, a 1972 DDO cent in there for the Lincoln Memorial cent is more interesting than some random MS69 zincoln, for instance. Not that I have either right now but I'm trying to plan ahead. Looking at my type set, for some it's easy (I only _have_ one silver trime), but for coins where I also have a book, I'm kind of undecided. Any thoughts? "Do it how you like", I know, I'm just curious to see what other folks like or don't like about how they're doing it. I don't have a lot of stress about cracking open slabs to populate the books, but until I decide which one they're going in, the coins are staying in the slabs. I don't want to handle some of those more than I need to. I'm just getting going on my Dansco 7070 Type Set. For now, I'm just going to put in whatever coins I have to fill the holes I can. But, my true goal is to find beautiful (to me) coins of each type. I'm more concerned with loving each individual coin in the set, and the set as a whole, rather than worrying about key date coins. For me, I'm going to stick with F-12 coins and better. But, for now I'm not concerned whether an F-12 sits next to an MS-64. I'm more concerned as to whether I like the coin. I can love some F-12 coins as much as I can love some MS-64 coins! I know my goal for this Type Set will not be realized for quite some years. But, that's ok with me. I have plenty of other quests, including my Morgan Dollar set by year and MM. -- Eric Babula Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Current auctions by mystr-e: http://tinyurl.com/6tyal |
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Nickels don't stay BU either--depending on the album and how many times it gets handled. Actually most collections do not match at all. It takes a huge amount of effort to get a whole set to match unless it's a short series. But it really looks bad seeing a BU Kennedy on the same page as a G-VG Bust half--which is what most people will do. I think it looks fine to see a BU modern coin next to an aged old coin... but I also certainly understand that beauty is an 'eye of the beerholder' type thing. I suppose you would really hate my set, as I even used PROOF's for the modern coins on the modern page w/ the sae. -- dw |
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"Dave Hinz" wrote in message ... Those of you who are doing a type set, do you put your key date coin for the series in there, or do you put the best example of the series you can find in there, or something else? Where do the key dates go, and what's your thinking for it? In my mind, having, say, a 1972 DDO cent in there for the Lincoln Memorial cent is more interesting than some random MS69 zincoln, for instance. Not that I have either right now but I'm trying to plan ahead. Looking at my type set, for some it's easy (I only _have_ one silver trime), but for coins where I also have a book, I'm kind of undecided. Any thoughts? "Do it how you like", I know, I'm just curious to see what other folks like or don't like about how they're doing it. I don't have a lot of stress about cracking open slabs to populate the books, but until I decide which one they're going in, the coins are staying in the slabs. I don't want to handle some of those more than I need to. At this point in time, I just try to get the dang hole filled with anything lol May worry about uniformity later. Dale |
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"linxlvr" wrote in message ... 8------------------------- Nickels don't stay BU either--depending on the album and how many times it gets handled. Actually most collections do not match at all. It takes a huge amount of effort to get a whole set to match unless it's a short series. But it really looks bad seeing a BU Kennedy on the same page as a G-VG Bust half--which is what most people will do. I think it looks fine to see a BU modern coin next to an aged old coin... but I also certainly understand that beauty is an 'eye of the beerholder' type thing. I suppose you would really hate my set, as I even used PROOF's for the modern coins on the modern page w/ the sae. -- dw In my set, I would prefer to have an AU or MS 1917 quarter representing its type than an AG 1916. A set containing only keys for each type would be a budget buster for most of us. However, I could appreciate a type set with the coins all in the Fine-VF range -- even a 20th century set. A "common man" assortment of spent coins. Bruce |
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