Coins from consecutive years. How far back do you go.

With so many experienced collectors on this site I was wondering how many years each of you is able to go back without missing a coin from a year. For the year to be included you must have a coin from that year (medals, paper money, etc do not count), coins can be any denomination or nationality. So starting from 2012, how far do you go back before you are missing a coin from a year? Very interested to see the responses, thanks for sharing.

 

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Interesting Question. I collect only British coins, and so I am limited by the years in which no British coins were made at all. On that basis 1833 is the first date for which I have no coins. 1832 is also a gap, again none made bearing that date.

Much of the 18th Century is a problem as for most of it there are years when no coins were minted.

If we exclude the impossible, then I am ok back to 1792. If we exclude as well the "very unlikely" then 1726 is the first gap. After that 1716, and then sound to 1669.

We are also lucky to have some very long runs where you can get a coin for every date in the same denomination. I believe the longest is the Halfpenny which is continuous without gap from 1851 to 1960 - and I have at least one of all of those. Second longest is the Sixpence which runs 1862 to 1967 - and I have all but the first of those.

 

With 1 exception (ok maybe 2) the 14-d and the 43 copper I have cents from present back to 1909 (missing both Ss) and from there I am solid down to 1878 (what a surprise no 77) and from there to 1848 (I am excluding the 56 FE) slowly filling in the LCs now.
I really do consider that a solid string as all the missing coins are extremely scarce or extremely expensive and I Do have cents from Every year (just a few mint marks missing )

Great idea for a thread

 

Thanks for the input so far everyone and great information. I'm glad you like the thread. Hopefully we will keep getting some more responses. Paddy, thanks for the info on the British coins. I am a relatively new collector and did not know any of that.

 

I can go all the way back to 2012............unless I dumped some in my change jar.

Chris

 

I am guessing I can go deep into the 18th century, but before then it is rather hit and miss to 1508(the earliest Christian dated coin I own)

 

Thats pretty impressive scottishmoney. What year was the most difficult for you to acquire?

 

I think I can go back to 1785. Except I don't have anything from 2013 yet.

 

That's great conder, it's pretty cool how far everyone is able to go back so far. When do the 2013 coins come out anyway?

 

I do not collect gold coins. So, excluding that and rare errors and rare varieties, I can do all denominations for every year minted for 110 years.

 

Without being at home to check my junk silver I would guess the mid 1910's for me.

 

Proof and uncirculated ATB (2013) quarter sets now available at the mint if anyone's in a hurry.......

 

That's awesome Derick, all denominations for 110 years sounds pretty impressive to me.

 

Thank you for the info green18

 

I went through this crazy stage of marking each one off the catalog until all was done. The key dates cost me more than what should have been paid because some were not intended for circulation and had to get them in rather strange ways. Then, after, I was not happy with all the grades and joined NGC membership to get access to coins previously graded from Chile. From all I have collected, I made an album of coins never graded and those which I think I have the better grade. The others are in a drawer. At least I know the 20th century Chile coinage, but a slight waste of money. Will not do it again for another country.

 

How long did it take you do all of that?

 

Back to real coinage (British! ) - I have an example of all coinage issued for circulation, all denominations, back to 1864 - and it has taken me about ten years to get to that. Beyond 1864 I am missing 18 individual coins to get me back to 1816 the start of the so called "new" coinage. Earliest dated coin I have is 1554 Philip and Mary Sixpence.

I am so "sad" I maintain spreadsheets to keep track of what I have and what I still need! I gave up on ticking things off in a book - it became too much of a fag when I had to change the grade on one I already had.

 

That's awesome Paddy. I don't have many British coins, but I definitely like the design of the ones I have. Only 18 to get you to 1816 is definitely impressive, especially doing each denomination. I'm assuming the ones you need are either very hard to find, very expensive to purchase or both.

 

Yes - the ones I still need are all tricky dates with very low mintages. Many are threepences because a lot of dates were issued in low numbers, primarily for use in the colonies, and so not many have ever made it back here. I don't think any that I need are ever going to turn up under £100 in any condition, and many hundred in good nick