Post your numismatic goals

I am a firm believer that if you write down what your goals are and you see them everyday or every so often at least then you will be able to reach them. I've done this throughout school and other things and am very pleased at what has transpired since I've started. Everyday I would look at the ultimate goal and would align my actions to meet that goal. It helps you to focus on what needs to be done and keeps your mind on the prize.

I think everyone here should take a day or two to think about their collecting goals and post them here. Every so often I will bump the thread and you can check for yourself how you're doing and what still needs to be done. You can post long or short term goals, just as long as they are your true realistic goals. I'll make mine in the next post so as to not clutter the top.

 

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Well if I had to split the long and short...


Short: Own a US gold $5 or $10 piece from the 1700's
Purchase a MS67+ Gauden (probably going to be a 08 or 28)
Start an IS Type album including gold of circulated coins
Start a set of Bust halves

Long: Complete MS 65+ set of Walkers, 67+ for short set (including proofs)
Complete MS 66+ set of Peace
Complete MS 65+ set of Indian $2.5s and $5s
Finish those sets I will start in the short term

 

Some strange cutoffs to these but here goes-

Short:
Pennies 1880-current (maybe minus 1-2 coins)
Dimes 1900-current (maybe minus 1 coin)
Halves 1916-current
1896 $1 Educational Note
1929 National Currency Chico Note

Long:
Federal Reserve Notes (San Francisco) from 1914 to current, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20
I could probably split this into 5 different goals and make the first 3 short term.

 

As long as I have a steady income, I'll just continue doing what I'm doing. None of my collections can really be completed, just added to.

However, I do still want to put together a collection of gold coins from ancient to modern. This was put on the back burner because the money I was going to use is being saved to buy a house.

 

Great Idea!!

Short(This year-2 years form not)
Finish circulated Lincoln Cent set (09-S V.D.B. 22 no D)
Finish circulated Flying eagle/Indian head cent set. (before 1883 and 08-S and 09-S)
Finish Peace Dollar set
Start Civil war token "set" (start research and purchase some coins)
Start Franklin Half set in MS63+
Buy my first gold coin, 2.5 or 5$

Long
Continue Lincoln NGC MS-65+ Wheat Cent Set. (17of142)
Finish "major double die" Lincoln cent error collection. '55 DDO, '72 DD0, '83 DDR, 95' DD0
Continue,finish,pass on everything i have started and maybe start something else.

 

Finish 7070 type set. Need no motto liberty seated dollar, and a 2 1/2 dollar liberty.

Finish Lincoln cent collection (need some teen dates).

Finish peace dollar dansco book.

Finish walking liberty half dansco book.

Finish buffalo nickel dansco book.

Finish PCGS Morgan MS-64+ year set.

 

Taking it to the people

My immediate goals are to teach a city recreatiion Community Education class in numismatics and to teach a community college Lifelong Learning class in numismatics. I have submitted proposals for both.

At the same time, I am locating coin club shows and commercial shows where I can set up as a dealer to sell my books, coins, etc.

 

Purchase Indian Quarter & Half Eagle gold coins.

 

Short term : $20 Saint in my grubby paws. I just...want one. *heh*

Medium Term : Full set of MS Peace Dollars

Long Term : $1, $2, $5 Educational Series silver certificates.

Probably impossible, but you never know : Finish a set of Lincoln Cents without buying any of them. The 09 S VDB will, of course, probably keep this from ever happening...but hey, I found a 14D in a bag of wheaties from an estate auction, and actually found a 24D in pocket change...so who knows?

 

my goals are:

(long)
complete my indian head cent set
complete my dad's lincoln cent set
complete my edward i penny set
complete my english/british shilling set

(short)
purchase an aethelred ii penny
purchase a robert ii of scotland penny

 

short term: complete my proof and mint set from 1955 - present ( currently at 1958-present)

long term: circulated set of walkers and franklins, and as many barber halves as possible!!!!

 

Sell a few coins, but continue to add to my copper and type collections.

This has been my goal for a few years now. I find it increasingly difficult to do either.

 

Long term: Expand my collection of Severan Dynasty types to the point where I open my coin binder and say, "Wow, that's a lot of Severan Dynasty types!"

Medium term: Own at least one AR drachm for each Parthian shah as issued by the Ecbatana mint.

Short term: Stop spending money on coins -- at least until new paying work arrives on my desk.

 

Own a Trade Dollar AU50+ Certified by PCGS or NGC

Own a $1, $2.5, $5, $10, $20 of any type, grade, date certified by PCGS or NGC

Own a US pattern coin of any denomination, grade, date certified by PCGS or NGC

Own a "CC" Morgan dollar of any date MS64+ with COLOR (because I'm sick and tired of all those blast white ones)

Own a set of Draped Bust coins of all denominations

Own a proof of any of these (Shield Nickel, Flying Eagle, Large Cent, Seated Dime Quarter or Half)


I have a looong way to go and there are probably lots of things that I'm missing on this list.

 

Short:
Keep working on: Merc high grade FB's, District set, Complete Morgan set, Early Commem set, Fractional Currency set, Colonial Set, Confed set, MPC set, Proof sets of (Buffaloes,Walkers,Merc's, Shield Nickels, 2 cent pieces, Indian Heads)...awe...that I guess is long term now lol

 

create a somewhat complete set of sheldons and newcombs(large cents). get a nice assortment of other sets aka morgan/peace dollars & indian quarter eagles. a few other MS pieces to round out designs i like.

 

My most immediate goals:

Finish MS 60 or higher Franklin set
Upgrade all mercs to XF or better
Start MS Lincoln cent set
Start VF/XF Morgan dollar set

 

Long term (say, over 3 years)

Complete C20th UK collection in VF or better (1900 - 1910), EF or better (1911 - 1936), and Unc (1937 - 1967), with exceptions in grade for rare key dates in 2/6 series

Short term (next year or two)

Complete C20th UK collection back to 1924 or so (Currently, it's complete for all denoms meeting above 'Long Term' criteria back to 1929).
Maundy set.
Complete decimal set 1968 - date in Unc or BU (1968 - 1981 already pretty much complete).

 

My goals:
Finish MS set of silver Roosevelt Dimes (36/48 so far)
Finish MS of Franklin Halves
Finish MS set of Silver Washington Quarters
Finish MS set of clad Roosevelt Dimes
Finish MS set of Clad Washington Quarters
Finish MS set of Jefferson Nickels