20th century finally complete.

Kirkuleez is all serious in his response.

That is way cool, the Hawaii Five-0 story. I think that would count for having it in the collection for a normal person.

 

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Congratulations on the Barber quarters

Do I understand from your original post that you still need the 1918/7-S quarter? I know where there is a nice slabbed AU. A dealer by the name of Gene has it. Send me a PM if you want Gene's cell phone number.

 

Congrats on your accomplishment!

 

I've been considering collecting cent through dollar but it seems like such a daunting task. The completion of your set is a great achievement. Congratulations.

 

Congratulations. Acquiring all 1401 circulating (non-gold) 20th century coins is an achievement. After I did the same, I found out that there is a 1996-W dime that was only offered as part of a special 11 coin mint set which were also released in 1996. Did your set include the 1996-W dime or, since it was not intended as a circulating coin (like commemoratives), did you ignore it (like I initially did)?

Like you, I thought about doing a 19th century set, but quickly realized the cost would be two to three orders of magnitude higher than for a 20th century mint set. Instead, I joined Early American Coppers http://www.eacs.org/ and am pursuing half cents.

 

I'm afraid to ask what grade the 16-D Merc is...

 

Wow. Amazing!

 

That is the one coin in tne Mercury set that bothers me. It is an AU details (but looks MS) due to a nice scratch on the reverse. The rest of the Mercury set is MS except for the 1943 which is VG. The 1943 will remain VG though, it was the first coin that my Grandmother gave me when I was about five, to me that coin is perfect. Although it sticks out as the one ugly coin in the album, usually, it is the first coin that I look at.

 

The one that starts it is always a 71.

 

Do you know the location to view the list of the 1401 non gold circulating coins? I couldn't find it with the very handy google search. I'm curious if it includes some of the common varieties like the 3 legged buffalo or the small and large date lincolns.

 

I just considered the collection complete when all of the holes in my Dansco albums were filled. To me the 1401 number seems low because my albums also include proof only issues, but I don't really know what the number is.

 

Many of the Dansco albums will include the common varieties as well as the clad and silver proof coins.

 

I just did a recount on the coins and the number is actually 1404. The 1404 coins are just the date and mint mark, no varieties. Only after 1967 (1974 for cents and 1972 for Ike $) are proof coins counted as part of the 1404 (since the "S" minted coins were never circulated). If I discount the "S" minted proof only coins, the 1404 drops to 1239. I'll post a JPEG image of an Excel spreadsheet that illustrates this in the next day or so (unless I can figure out how to attach the spreadsheet which tracks my holding and compares it to Eliasberg's)..

 

I would love to see the list to see how far that I must venture. I guess it begs the question on why we count the non-circulating proof coins in the 1404 list of circulating coins. Is it because they have the holes in the Dansco albums?

 

I'm shocked. For one, this is quite a significant task to complete and two, I am happy that you completed what your grandfather set out to do.

 

I included the -S mint proof coins because they are relatively easy to acquire and it seems to make sense (at least to me). If you want to exclude proof and the -W mint coins, go ahead, then you only need to collect 1237.

The real question is how many can you find in circulation?

 

Such a great collection! It's a nice story - hopefully a grandkid of mine will complete/expand/upgrade what I've started!

 

Thanks Walrus for such a complement, you clearly get what coin collecting means to me.

Some people have asked me what coin is the most important coin of the 20th century. The simple answer is...all of them. If you are only missing a 1995 cent, you as far away as missing a 1901-S Barber. One coin may be worth multitudes of another, but no coin is more significant than another.

 

I definitely do... my grandpa recently passed and left behind some coins that he and my grandma collected. The collection certainly didn't have a pattern like your grandfather's did, but it still means quite a bit to me. So I think it is really great you did what you did.

 

Very neat! Congratulations!