Coins every set should have?

Well, I couldn't let this thread go with out mentioning the beautiful US Philippine issues of 1903-1945! And if you are looking for a truly neat mint marked coin, you should obtain a coin with the "M" mint mark. The "M", of course represents Manilla the capital of the Philippines and the only US branch mint to ever exist outside of the continental United States! Most of the US Philippine issue was struck in the states and usually carry an S or D mint mark or no mint mark for Philadelphia. There are some very tough coins in this series with a few being very scarce in collector grades but a very nice type set can be assembled in a short amount of time. With an outlay of a few hundred dollars, choice pieces in the XF range would make a very nice set consisting of only 16 different examples!

 

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I've built and sold about thirty-five registry sets almost all done on eBay. And not meaning to spam, and I am a Power seller with close to 4000 feedback.

Guess I should add that one of my first sets when I got back into collecting was Kennedy Halves because I admired the man in my youth.
"Ask not what your country can do for you but ask, What can I do for my country."
Lead to a teenager joining the Air Force and staying at it for almost 28 years.

 

I'm partial to the Fugio as a great coin to own, although I'm not sure that there are enough of them for every collector to own. Having the first authorized coin to be minted by the U.S. government is definitely part of a "coolness factor" that you reference, IMHO.

 

The most asked to see coin from my contacts have been a 3 legged buffalo nickel or the 1955 DDO#1. Yes some feel they are accidents, and they are a little expensive, but examples other than MS are available in the $1000 range or so.

I think that the radio and magazine ads some of us older collectors saw in the back of comics and popular science or Popular mechanics really impressed.

 

:welcome:A cool piece to purchase would be a three cent nickel. They aren't too expensive in mid grades.

 

The first thing we do, lets kill all the lawyers. Especially ones wearing sunglasses......:devil:

Henry VI with additional commentary by Ken II

 

I don't believe there is any single coin that is needed in all collections. Simply buy what you like, what you can afford and what you understand.

 

Wise words Tom.......

 

Go 19th century.

 

Here's a coin that don't cost too much and everyone should have at least one. You can get a really nice one for less than $50. That's a steal of a deal!! :thumb:

 

Coins to have to start a collection. I personally wanted to have one of every denomination of coin the US ever made. Barber and Peace dollars are cool in that they are big chunks of silver. Large cents are cool in that the US ever made a coin so big that was just a penny. Half-cents are cool because they are less than a penny.................

 

Welcome.

The most important coins to collect are coins that appeals to you. Just because a coin is a key date doesn't mean its something you must have. And just because a coin is worth hundreds or thousands of dollars means you must get it. Buy the coins that you like whether its a series you collected when you were younger. Or toned coins with good visual appeal.

 

Yeah, I have to admit, I've seen some pretty nice toned coins on this forum. I've started looking around for some now. Didn't even know they existed till this morning.

 

I would suggest you start a U.S. Type Set which includes most of the U.S. coins ever minted one of each type, I personally collect the first year only of each type (at least the ones I can afford) then this way you will start looking for coins to buy for the album and start to find the ones that you like and can afford and learn what the coins look like in hand and from there you will start to find favorites and then start collecting coins that you personally like. I like them all but the Capped Bust Halfs and the Half Cents are my favorite and after putting together a few of these Type Sets I then started collecting Bank Wrapped Pennies preferably Federal Banks most of the pennies turn out to be high grade MS65 and up most of my rolls are 1950's to 1970, with a few dozen earlier and I really enjoy them as well, I even had one that was Indian head cents and was bank wrapped but beware the bank rolls are hard to purchase on eBay as there are so many fake rolls out there so you really need to learn how to tell which are the fakes and only buy from people who allow returns and this goes for all the coins you buy on eBay. The other thing you need to think about is which album to buy I only use Intercept shield Albums I am not sure how everyone here feels about these albums but I like them a lot or you can put them in 2x2's but again be carefull a lot of them can damage your coins so do a little research on them. GOOD LUCK!!!

 

Odd denominations. Half cent, two cent, three cent...

 

I think every collector that collects US coins should have a Morgan silver dollar. Besides some key-dates / Vams / and CC's, most are affordable.

 

The previous two posts seem to agree, go 19th century (with few exceptions for type examples).

 

18th century is good too!

But there is no coin that EVERY collector should have.

 

Some have already recommend the Redbook - a great choice, but if you're exploring, as it seems you are, then my recommendation, Read before you buy. Sounds like you might want to start here:
https://whitman.com/Inventory/Detail/A-Guide-Book-of-US-Type-Coins---2nd-Edtion+0794822835

I'd also suggest this book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/03...rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_i=1566251494

The Type book has high-quality images of all the US coins, so you can see what you're interested in.

Most people collect, or invest, or a little of both. I suggest you wrestle with this question FIRST, so you don't have buyer's remose later. Read the Travers book to help you with that.

I'd then suggest reading about 10 other books before you buy, but in the event you don't want to . . . .

After that, most people generally describe a few different types of collecting:
Date/Mintmark - every one - doesn't sound like you from what you've described
Type Sets - see book above - this might be you?
Hoarders - everything they come across, perhaps they arrange them by type or Date/MM, but are not discriminate.
Interest - many on this forum. Some examples are:
- history buffs - coins around a period of time, event, place
- metal buffs - only gold, silver, etc.
- valuable stuff - only Key Dates, Semi-Keys,
- obscure stuff - errors, varities, patterns, discontinued, etc.
- other - infinitie possibilities.

Within all these, you can go very expensive, or do it on a budget.

That's why everyone is saying - collect what you love.

Happy collecting and WELCOME!!:welcome:

My $.02

 

Thanks Marid!