getting a US coin collection.

Hi All,

How much approximately will it cost to get a coin of each type of US coins, SLQ, Morgan dollar, peace dollar, Ike, 40% and 90% Kennedy etc, assuming that they will be in low grade but with full details and non key dates included.

Thanks.

 

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are you planning on going as far back as seated and bust coins? If so the bust dollar will cost you more than all the others combined (unless including gold). You should be able to get the ones you mentioned above for silver melt values.

 

I am thinking more of late 1800's to current date.
The thing is I am not in USA, and would like to get a cheap collection to know what you guys are talking about, I am looking for a simple list for the coins that I should be looking for.

Thanks.

 

Here's a list of the most common one's to collect:

Indian Head Cent 1859-1909
Wheat Cent 1909-1958
Linconln Memorial cent 1959-2008

Shield nickel 1866-1883
liberty head nickel 1883-1913
buffalo nickel 1913-1938
jefferson nickel 1938-2003

Seated liberty dime 1837-1891
barber dime 1892-1916
mercury dime 1916-1945
roosevelt dime 1946-2012

Seated liberty quarter 1837-1891
barber quarter 1892-1916
standing liberty 1916-1930
washington 1932-1964
clad washington 1965-1998

seated half 1937-1891
barber half 1892-1915
walking liberty half 1916-1947
frankling half 1948-1963
90% silver kenn. 1964
40% kenn. 1965-1970
clad kenn. 1971-2012

Morgan dollar 1878-1921
peace dollar 1922-1935
ike 1971-1978


the costs will vary, however the most you should have to pay for one coin is about $25.

 

How much research are you willing to do? You could order a 2012 Red Book (formally, "A Guide Book of United States Coins") and use its type-coin values for whichever coins you're interested in including in your set.

You'd have to assemble some kind of list anyway for anyone here to give you an approximate estimate of the cost.

 

Sounds like you want to basically build a U.S. Type set. The Dansco 7070 album is exactly what this is. If you don't mind low grade or 'holed' or damaged coins for the normally expensive ones, you could really fill the album (except the gold page) for minimal cost. If I had to guess, again with low grade coins, maybe $400-$700. Less the gold page, I think there are about 70 holes in the album.

 

As a reference, here is my 7070 with most of the coins. If you click the coin, it will tell you what type it is.
http://beta.thecoinnection.com/Public/albumdisplay/album/107/bcolor/0/type/2

 

Thanks all, Dansco 7070 album is exactly what I am looking for :yes:

 

I wanted to add... The 15 most expensive coins will cost the same as the other 60 coins. Give or take a few.

 

If you come across any 1837 LS25C, 1837 LS50C, or 1838 LS50C please be sure to let me know.

 

oops! I was doing this in a hurry sorry bout that

 

The 2013 is the newest and it would be better for the OP to search completed sales at different online auction venues than to rely on the Red Book price guide.

 

This is another question, I have a copy of "2011 North American Coins & Prices", it was on sale and bought the DVD version for 2$, if any one can give me an estimate price of each type that would be much faster than going through 200 pages or looking at ended e-bay listings.

Thanks again

 

But doing that kind of research into a collection you're thinking of putting together is part of collecting coins.

Lately, I've been toying with the idea of putting together an American Civil War type set, which will have 1 example of each denomination dated between 1861-1865. I'm using several online auction venues as my database for what these particular coins are selling for to get an idea of what expense I'm looking at in different grades.

 

That is a great idea -- nice historical context.

 

You see, I have to pay 11.11$ per shippment per pound for the Items I buy from US + the local US shipping costs, so when I decide to buy I will have to buy in bulk to save on shipping, I can't buy them one by one.

 

Which makes sense for that amount of shipping.

However, most eBay sellers do combine shipping on items from their stores :thumb:

 

I was thinking "current" Red Book and lazily wrote 2012; my bad. However, the OP gives the impression he wants a loose approximation of cost simply as a starting point; any recent Red Book could give him that, or even his "2011 North American" guide.

OP, you have several options but each depends on how much work/research you'd like to do (and, ultimately, how much you'd like to spend). For example, you could find a US dealer and have him assemble a basic type set for you. Even this, however, would require you to give him some guidelines as to the coin types and quality level (grade range) you'd like in your set. You say in your OP you'd like "low grade" coins but with "full details;" this is a contradiction in terms as low-grade coins don't have full details.

You're going to need to do at least some basic research to define your parameters a bit more before anyone can really help you with this set. Roll searcher provided a good list of basic types; there is the Dansco 7070 album; there is also the "Official Red Book" guide to "United States Type Coins" to help you focus. Otherwise, it's your set to put together as you choose and there aren't really any shortcuts!

BTW, gbroke's $400 - $700 sounds low to me, but again, so much depends on the quality of coin you're wanting to go with.

 

oval_man

I thought that low grade coin with full details was not possible .. what I mean to say is for common "I mean relatively cheap" coins I may get a unc coin, for example common Lincoln cent, for more expensive ones I need it at least to be recognizable as that coin, and get the cheapest date coin of the series at the best affordable price.

anyways, I think I will delay this project until next year.

Thanks all.

 

Using the Red Book I'd need about $18,000,000 to complete my coin list...