geekpryde's US Type Set Progress Update

I have not sold directly to CAC, but I have recently talked with them about it.

You just let them know which coins you would sell, and JA tells one of the ladies what he would pay, and they send you an email or call. I thought there was a generic "buy" list with a monthly price for every coin they would buy, but they have told me this is NOT the case. Still not sure if that is true, it may be something they hold close to the chest.

Geek, Greek, hey punk, whatever name works for you.

 

Thank you for the kind words! It's amazing what can be done in Excel, I really think it's one of the best pieces of software of all time. Most people barely scratch the surface of its features. I highly recommend taking a class, buying a book, or watching online videos. You can use it in every aspect of life.

 

A Look at Coin Value
in My Type Set
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Some of my coins are VERY cheap, some are closer to my ceiling price of $350.00. It's not that I just bought the first coin that I saw, but it's more about I bought an example I like at a price I could afford at the time.

A good example is my Mercury Dime. I have a very plain looking 1938 FB example that retails for $80.00. It's nothing amazing, but it's a great example of the "type". At the time, I wanted to save my funds for some really special older circulated coins that would be harder to replace than a blast-white dime. This dime will suit me just fine for many years, and I'm NOT looking for any "upgrades", but once my set is 99%+ complete, I will look into circling back on a few coins.

Some of my coins are probably "meh" to you, and some are probably "wow". That is by design. I can't afford "wow" on every type, so I buy what I like and what I can afford. This set will keep me plenty busy for years to come, and I'm in no rush to just fill holes. It's more that in some cases, $80 is all I want to spend on the Type and in other cases, it needs to be $350 to have the coin I want.

He is a breakdown of the retail values of my coins, so you can get an idea on the spread. Maybe your collection is similar with some unique "money" coins, and some cheap "toaster" coins (everyone has one).



I was hoping for a Bell Curve.


As you can see, I seem to find representative types most frequently at the $60 and $140 price points. But I have a wide spread.

 

Certainly. Some other members have asked as well. I created a "blank" version you can download to your PC. CLICK ME HERE

 

So today, I worked on my Type Set Excel spreadsheet which also acts as my Want List.

I expanded the following into their denominations:

• Colonial Coinage
• Hawaii Coinage
• Bullion Coinage
• Confederate Coinage

I don't know a ton about these types of coins, but I think I got the basic Types added and this will server to do further research. I added around 25 rows / slots so for example once I broke the former generic "colonial coinage" down into denominations I replaced 1 row with many rows. My Type Set now has 209 slots!!

Added Slots:

DENOM	TYPE	START	END	NOTES
G$5	American Eagle Gold $5	1986	Present	NO CAC
G$5	American Buffalo Gold $5	2008	2008	NO CAC
G$25	American Eagle Gold $25	1986	Present	NO CAC
G$25	American Buffalo Gold $25	2008	2008	NO CAC
G$50	American Eagle Gold $50	1986	Present	NO CAC
G$50	American Buffalo Gold $50	2006	2014	NO CAC
P$10	American Eagle Platinum $10	1997	2008	NO CAC
P$25	American Eagle Platinum $25	1997	2008	NO CAC
P$50	American Eagle Platinum $50	1997	2008	NO CAC
P$100	American Eagle Platinum $100	1997	2014	NO CAC
1C	Colonial Coinage	1787	1794	.
10C	Colonial Coinage	1792	1792	.
25C	Colonial Coinage	1792	1792	.
50C	Colonial Coinage	1792	1792	.
1/4D	Colonial Coinage FARTHING	.	.	.
1/2D	Colonial Coinage HALF PENNY	.	.	.
1D	Colonial Coinage PENNY	.	.	.
2D	Colonial Coinage TWOPENCE	.	.	.
3D	Colonial Coinage THREEPENCE	.	.	.
4D	Colonial Coinage FOURPENCE	.	.	.
6D	Colonial Coinage SIXPENCE	.	.	.
1S	Colonial Coinage SHILLING	.	.	.
1C	Confederate Coinage	1861	1861	.
50C	Confederate Coinage	1861	1861	.
1C	Hawaiian Coinage	1847	1847	.
10C	Hawaiian Coinage	1883	1883	.
25C	Hawaiian Coinage	1883	1883	.
50C	Hawaiian Coinage	1883	1883	.
S$1	Hawaiian Coinage	1883	1883	.

see full Type List / Want List / Have List CLICK HERE​

There may be errors in my listing, so if you see anything crazy, let me know. That link is continuously updated as I get more info, for instance, tonight I will price out the colonial coinage, and many of them will go from a status of "NEED" to a status of "TOO COSTLY".

Thanks for checking my thread out,

Matt

 

Those are on my list, but marked as "SKIP".

 

I bought most of them slabbed, BUT around 10 or so were bought raw in the late 80's when I was a boy, and submitted to NGC and then CAC by yours truly.

I dont think I have ever sold a raw coin on eBay. I sold 1 raw coin that was in a ANI basement slab.

Most of the coins marked as CAC were submitted to CAC by me.

Matt

 

Thank you sir!

 

Well, I went through the list and changed a few "NEED" coins to "TOO COSTLY". I was basing my prices on a theoretical G4 CAC, but in some cases, there was never been a G4 graded and stickered by CAC, meaning it was improbable that I would find one. So in F12 grades these $400 G4 coins become $1000 coins, and out of my range.

Here is the breakdown of my STATUS column on my Type List:

STATUS	COUNT
AT CAC	1
MAYBE	10
SKIP	15
HAVE	58
NEED	58
TOO COSTLY	74
TOTAL	216

So, of 216 coins, I need exactly as many as I have, 58 coins.

Too bad there are 74 coins that I may never be able to afford. That is a big chunk of my US Type Set.

 

@brg5658 got me thinking about Medals and Tokens and the like. In 2012 @Detecto started an exonumia thread, and its been one of the most popular threads here on CT ever since. It was a natural place for me to check into Maine themed non-coins. I did manage to find one "so-called dollar" token, with two types as show on so-calleddollars.com. HA seems to have only sold a single example, and it was in a details slab. If anyone has info on this coin, I would love to know more, such as availability and historical pricing. It may very well need to fall under the "TOO COSTLY" category, but I am hoping not.

There is a current auction I am watching, but I am unsure about the pricing on these.

 

Got the camera out and took some slab shots of recent purchases. In this case of the gold dollar below, I only have seller closeups, no full slab shot at all. Love those Fattys.

Gold CAC sticker.





The half dollar already had decent slab shorts from GC. Here are mine. The reverse rim ding in unfortunate, but I saw if before I bid. Still a fantastic lookin coin with a "Skin" that is completely different from my other Seated Halves.