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What makes a collection complete?
Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be
complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? |
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What makes a collection complete?
On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:34:13 GMT, RAR is alleged to
have written: Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? Complete is what YOU define it to be. For myself, I think it's perfectly okay not to have a22 plain or a three legger. I consider my collection of Proof indian cents complete, though I do not have a 1864-L. Bruce (And I likely never will. The 1859 was painful enough) ************************************************* ANA R162074 EAC 3606 To email me, remember that RoadRunner and Coyote do not mix. ************************************************* |
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What makes a collection complete?
[Default] On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:56:34 GMT, "Bruce H (BoxTurtle)"
climbed to the top of the minaret and sang out: On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:34:13 GMT, RAR is alleged to have written: Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? Complete is what YOU define it to be. For myself, I think it's perfectly okay not to have a22 plain or a three legger. I consider my collection of Proof indian cents complete, though I do not have a 1864-L. Bruce (And I likely never will. The 1859 was painful enough) *********************************************** ** ANA R162074 EAC 3606 To email me, remember that RoadRunner and Coyote do not mix. *********************************************** ** I have a set of 2 cent pieces missing only the 1873 proofs, and i consider it to be complete. |
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What makes a collection complete?
On Sun, 28 May 2006 11:16:53 -0400, WheatPenny
is alleged to have written: [Default] On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:56:34 GMT, "Bruce H (BoxTurtle)" climbed to the top of the minaret and sang out: On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:34:13 GMT, RAR is alleged to have written: Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? Complete is what YOU define it to be. For myself, I think it's perfectly okay not to have a22 plain or a three legger. I consider my collection of Proof indian cents complete, though I do not have a 1864-L. Bruce (And I likely never will. The 1859 was painful enough) ************************************************ * ANA R162074 EAC 3606 To email me, remember that RoadRunner and Coyote do not mix. ************************************************ * I have a set of 2 cent pieces missing only the 1873 proofs, and i consider it to be complete. Do you have a copy of Flynn's two cent book? Best out so far, though lots more varieties have been discovered since then. Bruce ************************************************* ANA R162074 EAC 3606 To email me, remember that RoadRunner and Coyote do not mix. ************************************************* |
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What makes a collection complete?
Complete is what you determine it to be. The 1922 plain, 3 legged Buffalo,
etc., are just as you described, errors. If you were to include an example of every error coin or variety made, the collection would so huge you probably couldn't store it in an album. I consider my Lincoln cent collection complete and I don't have the 1922 plain or the 1955/1955. There is actually a Dansco album that doesn't have space for these. -- Richard My coin Links: http://coins.richlh.com/Coins/MyCoinLinks.htm "RAR" wrote in message .16... Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? |
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What makes a collection complete?
[Default] On Sun, 28 May 2006 16:43:41 GMT, "Bruce H (BoxTurtle)"
climbed to the top of the minaret and sang out: On Sun, 28 May 2006 11:16:53 -0400, WheatPenny is alleged to have written: [Default] On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:56:34 GMT, "Bruce H (BoxTurtle)" climbed to the top of the minaret and sang out: On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:34:13 GMT, RAR is alleged to have written: Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? Complete is what YOU define it to be. For myself, I think it's perfectly okay not to have a22 plain or a three legger. I consider my collection of Proof indian cents complete, though I do not have a 1864-L. Bruce (And I likely never will. The 1859 was painful enough) *********************************************** ** ANA R162074 EAC 3606 To email me, remember that RoadRunner and Coyote do not mix. *********************************************** ** I have a set of 2 cent pieces missing only the 1873 proofs, and i consider it to be complete. Do you have a copy of Flynn's two cent book? Best out so far, though lots more varieties have been discovered since then. No, I don't have that yet. |
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What makes a collection complete?
On Sun, 28 May 2006 12:48:11 -0400, Richard L. Hall wrote:
Complete is what you determine it to be. The 1922 plain, 3 legged Buffalo, etc., are just as you described, errors. If you were to include an example of every error coin or variety made, the collection would so huge you probably couldn't store it in an album. I consider my Lincoln cent collection complete and I don't have the 1922 plain or the 1955/1955. There is actually a Dansco album that doesn't have space for these. I agree. Varieties should not be considered as needed to complete a YR/MM collection. You have to consider what you consider your collection. Now, if you want to include all recognized varieties also, then you need them. -- dw |
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What makes a collection complete?
On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:13:23 -0400, WheatPenny
is alleged to have written: I have a set of 2 cent pieces missing only the 1873 proofs, and i consider it to be complete. Do you have a copy of Flynn's two cent book? Best out so far, though lots more varieties have been discovered since then. No, I don't have that yet. I've got a spare I'd send you for the price of postage. Drop me an email if you're interested. Bruce (Don't forget to decode the addy) ************************************************* ANA R162074 EAC 3606 To email me, remember that RoadRunner and Coyote do not mix. ************************************************* |
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What makes a collection complete?
"RAR" wrote in message .16... Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? I agree with those who advise that "complete" is whatever YOU say it is. That said, if you put your coins in albums, as many do, there is no agreement as to what "special" coins the album makers choose. Whitman tends to include more or them than does Dansco. But even Dansco has caved somewhat in the last 25 years. Older Indian cent albums, for example, do not have an opening for the 69/69 Indian; the current ones do. Older Dansco buffalo nickel albums include neither the overdate nor the 3-legs; the current ones include both. However, if you call Dansco and ask for their rationale in including the overdate and 3-legs in the buffalo album but not the 55/55 doubled die Lincoln or the 1942/41 Mercury dime in those respective albums, they will give you some line about the high cost of these latter two coins. Don't they know that you can buy both in nice AU for the cost of the overdate buffalo in fine? It just doesn't make sense. And I won't even comment on the inclusion of the 1873 large 3 over small 3 nickel in their shield album. Sorry, I got carried away. Mr. Jaggers |
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What makes a collection complete?
"RAR" wrote in message .16... Something I have been long wavering on. I have what I consider to be complete sets of buffalo nickels, lincoln wheats,and walking liberties. That is I have all dates/mintes represented. But i dont have the error coins (1922 plain, 3 legged buffalo, ...). So, while those gaping holes in the albums bother me, am still feel that the sets are complete? Any opinions on what "complete" is? Whatever your goal was when you first started assembling the sets. Bruce |
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