geekpryde's US Type Set Progress Update

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US Type Set Progress Update
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As many of you know, I have been working on a US Type Set since January 1, 2013. That means I have had roughly 573 days to make decisions and purchases about my set. I decided early on I wanted to do a fairly exhaustive business strike Type set, with most all of the major type varieties, but also keeping in mind my budget. I also made a very important decision to only include CAC approved coins, unless it was a type CAC did not sticker.

I created an Excel spreadsheet that contains 185 coins. At some point, I realized that some of those coins will be unattainable by me, ever. So I flagged anything above $500 as "too costly". At some point, perhaps in 10 years, I will be able to pick up $1000 coins, but certainly I will never afford (or want) $10,000 coins. So, right off the bat, I am down to 137 coins.

At another point in time, I realized that of the remaining coins, I just did not want many of them. Too new, too ugly, too common. I paired down the list removing things like am example of a Presidential Dollar, Kennedy Half Dollar - Clad, Lincoln Cent - Shield... So, I was now down to 115 coins.

Of the still remaining coins, CAC doesn't sticker 10 Types I wanted:

DENOM	TYPE	start	end	NOTES
10C	Roosevelt Dime	1946	1964	NO CAC
25C	Washington Quarter - Silver Bicentennial	1976	1976	NO CAC
50C	Kennedy Half Dollar - Silver	1964	1964	NO CAC
50C	Kennedy Half Dollar - Silver Clad	1965	1970	NO CAC
50C	Kennedy Half Dollar - Silver Bicentennial	1976	1976	NO CAC
50C	SMS Kennedy Half	1998	1998	NO CAC
$1	Susan B. Anthony Dollar - Narrow Rim	1979	1979	NO CAC
$1	Susan B. Anthony Dollar -	1979	1999	NO CAC
$1	Sacagawea Dollar - Native American reverse	2009	present	NO CAC
S$1	American Eagle Silver Dollars	1986	Present	NO CAC

But they did sticker the other 105 coins, so I was off on my journey to find 105 coins that I could afford, that I liked, and that came with a pretty gold or green CAC sticker of approval.

There were a few Types I wanted, that are not necessarily in a normal PCGS / NGC Registry Type Set. Nonetheless, I wanted a nice CAC example of the following six:

TYPE	START	END	NOTES
Colonial Coinage	1652	1795	CAC
Territorial and Fractional Gold	1830	.	CAC
Token, Hard Times	1837	1864	CAC
Hawaiian Coinage	1847	1883	CAC
Token / Medal	.	.	CAC
Commemorative Medal Silver	1925	1925	CAC

The remaining 99 coins are fairly typical of most Type Sets you could come across, but I'll list them here anyway:

DENOM	TYPE	START	END	NOTES
1/2C	Draped Bust Half Cent	1800	1808	CAC
1/2C	Classic Head Half Cent	1809	1836	CAC
1/2C	Braided Hair Half Cent	1840	1857	CAC
1C	Liberty Cap Cent, Dent. Border	1794	1796	CAC
1C	Draped Bust Cent	1796	1807	CAC
1C	Classic Head Cent	1808	1814	CAC
1C	Coronet Head Cent	1816	1839	CAC
1C	Braided Hair Cent	1839	1857	CAC
1C	Flying Eagle Cent	1856	1858	CAC
1C	Indian Cent Cop Nic, No Shield	1859	1859	CAC
1C	Indian Cent Cop Nic	1860	1864	CAC
1C	Indian Cent Bronze	1864	1909	CAC
1C	Lincoln Cent, Wheat VDB	1909	1909	CAC
1C	Lincoln Cent, Wheat	1909	1958	CAC
1C	Lincoln Cent, Steel	1943	1943	CAC
1C	Lincoln Cent - Memorial reverse, bronze	1959	1982	CAC
1C	Lincoln Cent - Memorial reverse, zinc	1982	2008	CAC
2C	Two Cents	1864	1873	CAC
3C	Three Cent Silver, Type 1	1851	1853	CAC
3C	Three Cent Silver, Type 2	1854	1858	CAC
3C	Three Cent Silver, Type 3	1859	1872	CAC
3C	Nickel Three Cents	1865	1889	CAC
H10C	Capped Bust Half Dime	1829	1837	CAC
H10C	Liberty Seated Half Dime, No Stars	1837	1838	CAC
H10C	Liberty Seated Half Dime, No Drap	1838	1840	CAC
H10C	Liberty Seated Half Dime, Drapery	1840	1859	CAC
H10C	Liberty Seated Half Dime, Arrows	1853	1855	CAC
H10C	Liberty Seated Half Dime, Legend	1860	1873	CAC
5C	Shield Nickel, Rays	1866	1867	CAC
5C	Shield Nickel, No Rays	1867	1883	CAC
5C	Liberty Head Nickel, No CENTS	1883	1883	CAC
5C	Liberty Head Nickel	1883	1913	CAC
5C	Buffalo Nickel, Type 1	1913	1913	CAC
5C	Buffalo Nickel, Type 2	1913	1938	CAC
5C	Jefferson Nickel	1938	1964	CAC
5C	Jefferson Nickel, Wartime	1942	1945	CAC
10C	Capped Bust Dime, Large Denticles	1809	1828	CAC
10C	Capped Bust Dime, Small Denticles	1828	1837	CAC
10C	Liberty Seated Dime, No Stars	1837	1838	CAC
10C	Liberty Seated Dime, No Drapery	1838	1840	CAC
10C	Liberty Seated Dime, Drapery	1840	1860	CAC
10C	Liberty Seated Dime, Arrows	1853	1855	CAC
10C	Liberty Seated Dime, Legend	1860	1891	CAC
10C	Liberty Seated Dime, Legend, Arrows	1873	1874	CAC
10C	Barber Dime	1892	1916	CAC
10C	Mercury Dime	1916	1945	CAC
20C	Twenty Cents	1875	1878	CAC
25C	Draped Bust Quarter, Large Eagle	1804	1807	CAC
25C	Capped Bust Quarter, Large Size	1815	1828	CAC
25C	Capped Bust Quarter, Small Size	1831	1838	CAC
25C	Liberty Seated Quarter, No Drapery	1838	1840	CAC
25C	Liberty Seated Quarter, No Motto	1840	1865	CAC
25C	Liberty Seated Quarter, Arr & Rays	1853	1853	CAC
25C	Liberty Seated Quarter, Arrows NM	1854	1855	CAC
25C	Liberty Seated Quarter, With Motto	1866	1891	CAC
25C	Liberty Seated Quarter, Motto, Arr	1873	1874	CAC
25C	Barber Quarter	1892	1916	CAC
25C	Standing Liberty Quarter, Type 1	1916	1917	CAC
25C	Standing Liberty Quarter, Type 2	1917	1924	CAC
25C	Standing Liberty Quarter, Type 3	1925	1930	CAC
25C	Washington Quarter, Silver	1932	1964	CAC
25C	Classic Silver Commemorative 25C	1893	1893	CAC
50C	Draped Bust Half Dollar, Lg Eagle	1801	1807	CAC
50C	Capped Bust Half Dollar, Let Edge	1807	1836	CAC
50C	Capped Bust Half Dollar, 50 CENTS	1836	1837	CAC
50C	Capped Bust Half Dollar, HALF DOL.	1838	1839	CAC
50C	Liberty Seated Half Dollar, No Drap	1839	1839	CAC
50C	Liberty Seated Half Dollar, No Motto	1839	1866	CAC
50C	Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Arr & Ray	1853	1853	CAC
50C	Liberty Seated Half Dollar, NM, Arr	1854	1855	CAC
50C	Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto	1866	1891	CAC
50C	Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Mot, Arr	1873	1874	CAC
50C	Barber Half Dollar	1892	1915	CAC
50C	Walking Liberty Half Dollar	1916	1947	CAC
50C	Franklin Half Dollar	1948	1963	CAC
50C	Classic Silver Commemorative 50C	1892	1954	CAC
S$1	Liberty Seated Dollar, No Motto	1840	1866	CAC
S$1	Liberty Seated Dollar, With Motto	1866	1873	CAC
S$1	Trade Dollar	1873	1878	CAC
S$1	Morgan Dollar	1878	1921	CAC
S$1	Peace Dollar, High Relief	1921	1921	CAC
S$1	Peace Dollar	1922	1935	CAC
S$1	Classic Silver Commemorative $1	1900	1900	CAC
G$1	Gold Dollar, Type 1	1849	1854	CAC
G$1	Gold Dollar, Type 2	1854	1856	CAC
G$1	Gold Dollar, Type 3	1856	1889	CAC
$1	Eisenhower Dollar - Clad	1971	1978	CAC
$1	Eisenhower Dollar - Silver	1971	1974	CAC
$1	Eisenhower Dollar - Silver Bicentennial	1976	1976	CAC
$1	Eisenhower Dollar - Clad Bicentennial Type 1	1976	1976	CAC
$1	Eisenhower Dollar - Clad Bicentennial Type 2	1976	1976	CAC
G$2.5	Classic Head $2 1/2	1834	1839	CAC
G$2.5	Liberty $2 1/2	1840	1907	CAC
G$2.5	Indian $2 1/2	1908	1929	CAC
G$2.5	Commemorative Gold $2 1/2	1915	1926	CAC
G$3	Indian Princess $3	1854	1889	CAC
G$5	Liberty $5, No Motto	1839	1866	CAC
G$5	Liberty $5, With Motto	1866	1908	CAC
G$5	Indian Head $5	1908	1929	CAC

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

And so, I set out on my journey. Luckily, I had purchased a 1923 Peace Dollar that happened to have a green CAC bean, and a 1907 Bronze Indian Head Cent that would later sticker, and a 2012-W Silver Eagle Bullion coin, so I already had a head start.

I picked up the most affordable and easiest Types at first, since I wanted to purchase attractive coins out of a field of many examples.

My very first was a blast white 1944 Walking Liberty Half Dollar from @AnkurJ on June 2, 2013:



Next up 12 days later I bought a clad Ike Dollar on eBay, and I gladly overpaid ~$20 to get one I liked and CAC approved:



More than a month later, I bought a great and well priced Type 2 Buffalo Nickel from @bigjpst:



Another month would go by before I purchased a non-CAC coin from @Kryptonitecomic, a lovely toned Roosevelt Dime:



Around 45 days would pass before I could afford the next prize, a wonderfully circulated Barber Half Dollar from eBay.




Only a week would pass before I made my first-ever offer on
David Lawrence Rare Coins for a buttery Standing Liberty Quarter:



After that purchase I decided I would expand my hunting grounds to include CoinTalk, eBay, and DLRC, and other dealer sites, although my list of dealers in Spring 2013 was very short.

Three weeks later came a very special coin to me, a Commemorative 1936 York Half Dollar (Maine, not New York State) from Vantage Rare Coins:



eBay would get another shot a month later, when I found a beautiful Silver Washington Quarter for practically free money:



Three weeks later, DLRC would get another offer from me, and another acceptance on their part for a coin I liked a lot, but that had been sitting in their inventory for far too long. A toned "With Cents" Liberty Nickel:



A month would go by before I settled on a MS66 Lincoln Wheat Steel Cent, I had been holding out for a MS67 example, but the eBay sellers would not play ball. A was happy with my choice, and saved some money for the next Type:



to be continued in next post...

 

It was now Late August, 2013 and on eBay I found a spectacular Seated Liberty Half Dollar that I could not pass up:



I could just eat coins like this all day, and eBay was feeding my habit. I would buy the next this and the next five coins from eBay before November!





A 2013 D $1 DOLLAR - SACAGAWEA PCGS MS67 (non-CAC, coin not shown) was purchased, just because I liked the reverse design and had voted on it in a poll on mintnewsblog at one point.

Another non-CAC coin was fabulous looking and I couldnt pass up the price for a great Type coin:



A cheap blast white Full-Band Mercury dime was next, and this would bring my eBay streak to and end:



Next up, I finally decided to check out Great Collections and boy was I happy with the simply but wonderfully toned Franklin Half Dollar:



I was very impressed with GC shipping and images, and I added the site to my list of daily hunting grounds. The only thing I didn't know if why I waited so long.

In January 2014, eBay would get the next two coins, a three-cent nickel and a lovely Barber dime, both with Eric P Newman pedigree. Funny thing was, a few weeks earlier I had been wildly outbid on Heritage Auctions for these exact coins. I figured someone wanted to cross them to PCGS, and when they didn't, they were dumped on eBay at very reasonable prices, and I bought them right-quick:





In Late January, Great Collections would give me another winner, a reasonably priced 1995 DDO Lincoln Cent with a gold CAC sticker in a PCGS OGH no-less!



Two weeks later, I would get me second Ike, a Bicentennial Type 2 from eBay, a coin that had a fingerprint when it arrived that was not visible in the seller photos, but I still liked the coin:



to be continued in next post...

 

In February 2014, I won my first Auction at Heritage, after bidding and losing on hundreds of previous auctions. I won a very nice Two-Cent piece, a strange denomination that I badly wanted:



In Mid February, along came a 1900-O Morgan Dollar with nice toning and housed in an NGC5 no-line Fatty that I won on ebay for a Song:



That was my first NGC Fatty for my Type Set, and not a week later I won my first PCGS Doily holder! And I didn't wildly overpay for this Silver Eisenhower Dollar on Great Collections:



Next it was time to give HA another turn, so I bid and won a very clean MS65 "No Cents" Liberty Head Nickel in an NGC17 holder:



I took two months off, and it was not until late April 2014 that I purchased the next coin, a scarce circulated Barber Quarter from DLRC via eBay:



This was followed within days by my first-ever Large Cent, a Coronet Braided Hair in chocolaty brown from eBay:


(and they say you can't buy nice coins on eBay )

I was determined to get a nice circulated Flying Eagle Cent, and luckily Northeast Numismatics had just the thing I needed for my next fix:


(unfortunately the slab is in really bad shape)

While still in the first week of May, eBay would get my next two on the same day. Another Ike, and a VDB Lincoln Cent that I wanted in Red-Brown so I could add a nice "Woody" to my Type Set:





In early May 2014, while on vacation with my family, my mother told me she wanted to buy me a coin to "remember the trip". Unfortunately I did not have good luck with finding nice coin shops in Orlando, FL, and when I did find a good once, they did not have much CAC inventory. I decided the best thing to do was to buy a coin I wanted online, and call that my "Diseny Coin". I found another new dealer site, and haggled with the owner of the Type Coin Company for a very nice Seat Half Dime, Stars:



to be continued in next post...

 

While just back from vacation, I decided to give my Brother-In-CAC @AnkurJ another selling oppurunity and so came into a Coronet Braided Hair Half Cent with a horribly scratched slab, but a very fair price:



eBay would give up my next addition to my permanent collection AKA Matt's Type Set, A very affordable Seated Liberty Dime, Stars Obverse:



I had such good luck with the Type Coin Company, I not only added them to my daily hunting grounds, I followed up a week later with another purchase on May 15, 2014. 1831 Capped Bust Half Dime here we come!



Only 3 days later, I overpaid for a coin I really wanted from a dealer who would not budge much on price, but has great coins and great photos. Holsonbake Numismatics was added to my list, and quickly shipped out a coin I really loved the look of, a nicely circulated Shield Nickel with Rays:



Now, the next coin comes from a dealer that everyone on CoinTalk loves, @Tom B. I had been checking his site weekly for around a year, but rarely was there something I could afford until I luckily stumbled upon a coin I had missed out on Great Collections earlier, but had loved the look of. A yummy Half Cent with Classic Head:


Tom was beyond accommodating and professional, so why don't you take a break from reading this and pay his site a visit Thomas Bush Numismatics.

I was back to shopping on eBay, where the pickings were getting slim but occasionally my saved-searches alerted me to a nice CAC coin at a nice price. Along came a Capped Bust Quarter with an interesting look:




Only a week later I was cutting-and-pasting the Northeast Numismatics database into Excel so I could do my own custom filtering (their site REALLY needs better filtering and sorting, as otherwise they are a great dealer). My scripts managed to find a coin I would be interested in: A beautiful Arrows & Rays Seated Liberty Half. We went back and forth on the price, and then I committed to bring this special Type home:



A few days later I would discover a dealer that would quickly become one of my Top 2 favorite coin sellers, Bozarth Numismatics. I deal exclusively with Stuart, their office manager and he has been excellent working with me. I highly recommend you check them out, but dont buy any of my CAC coins! From Bozarth, I would buy three fantastic Type coins right off the bat:







to be continued in next post...

 

In Late May, 2014 I would have two firsts; I bought my first coin ever from our very own mod @LostDutchman and it also happened to be my very first gold coin ever!! A well priced and tiny Type 3 Gold Dollar:



By the way, you may have seen my thread Looks like I went on a spending spree in May, it is no Joke. I had sold my complete set of TPG Kennedy Proofs and I had also sold a MS67 Type 1 Buffalo to @LostDutchman, so I had some cash to buy up nice Type Coins that I greatly prefer.

I quickly replaced the MS67 with a much more reasonably priced MS65 Type 1 Bison Nickel from eBay:



In June I found a coin I had been looking for a AU example of, one of the best coin designs ever in my opinion, the Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar, which I bought from eBay. I could have had a AU58, but the toning on this coin really called to me:



For my next coin, I decided to take a mini-vacation from the the stickered coins, and get a nice example of a Kennedy Half, as I was really missing one of the Kennedy Proofs I had sold, a high-relief 1968 Kennedy. I was looking for a business strike 1964, which was the obvious choice, but instead found a nice 40% silver on the PCGS forums of all places. Keep in mind I rarely go to the NGC / PCGS forums, as i find them particularly unfriendly.

This coin also had TrueViews, which looks great but somewhat make the coin look better than reality. Still a lovely example:



It didn't take long to get back on the wagon, as I bought a CAC coin the very next day, after having sold from MTG cards and other coins on eBay as I weeded out all the coins I no longer wanted. I was back to Bozarth and loving all the <$300 Type coins Vic submits to CAC. I found a truly great looking G6, which is something I didn't think was possible. It came in the form of a circulated-cameo Large Size Capped Bust Quarter Dollar:


Thanks Stuart!

Next, was a quick 1-2 punch at Great Collections, one of my top hunting grounds. I bought a spec coin (no-sticker) that I will be submitting to CAC in early August, 2014. I have been looking for a circulated XF45-AU58 High Relief 1921 Peace Dollar, and they just arent seen that often with CAC stickers. I see MS60-64 coins examples all the time, but I already had a MS65 1923, so I wanted to see a nice circulated type instead of a beat up MS62. Keep your fingers crossed:



AND

No Rays Shield Nickel in the same grade as my XF45 Rays:



The middle of June brought another first, as @Mainebill had told me over a beer that the StacksBowers problem plagued site was working enough to place a bid, I went for a few auctions and won a crusty Three Cent Silver:



The next two days saw me buying a coin from eBay, but I was squeezing the last drops of CAC Type inventory from their shelves:

A Quarter Eagle Gold Coin with the wicked cool incuse design and another Ike for my Collections:



1976 Bicentenial Type 1:



to be continued in next post...

 

At this point in my story, it is late June 2014. A fellow Mainer was breaking up some series sets to fund a Type Set. He had a coin I desperately wanted but that was out of my price range by around $150 dollars. When it failed to sell for the reserve price on eBay, he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Take photos of his Walker Short Set, and I could have the coin for the attainable price of $375. Thanks to @mainer020648 I now had a 35% silver Jefferson Nickel with a CAC sticker, one of the few varieties CAC recognizes:



It was now July 1, 2014 and I had just won another coin from StacksBowers, my third gold coin in quick succession. This was Gold-on-Gold, as it featured a gold CAC sticker on and old NGC Fatty holder, a Type 1 Gold Dollar:



I took 10 days off to focus on the July 4th holiday and then resumed my hunting of wonderful CAC coins by negotiating a nice deal on another coin from Bozarth, a Capped Bust Half Dollar with Lettered Edge. This coin Type is quite common due to many years of production, but I had held off for some reason. No longer!



At this point, I realized I was totally out of coin funds, and asked a dealer to hold a coin around two weeks until I could pay. Luckily, it was a coin I really wanted and at a decent price, unless its eBay CAC brethren. A Twenty Cent example, one of my holy grails! Technically I do not have this coin in-hand, but the "check is in the mail". And so I have added another great dealer site to my list, 3 Cent Nickel.com.



And just last night, July 27, 2014, I won another coin on GreatCollections and used from funds from Paypal to purchase. A nice Type, fairly scarce, but very affordable; No-Motto with Arrows Seated Liberty Half Dollar in a great looking VF35:




Here are the three coins in my Type Set that I already owned before deciding on this collection:


(from my childhood, sent to NGC and CAC by me personally)

The coin that started it all:



An a bullion coin my boss bought me at a Brunswick Maine coin show:




At this Point:

I have 59 coins out of the 115 coins I am looking for in my Type Set. A very good start! Just over 50% done. I don't think I can accomplish the next 50% in the same time-frame (1.5 years), as the coins are getting harder to find and more expensive.

In terms of where I go next:

I would like to buy three cheap NON-CAC coins next:

• Washington Quarter - Silver Bicentennial
• Kennedy Half Dollar - 90% Silver
• Kennedy Half Dollar - Silver Bicentennial

After that, top on my CAC want-list is:

• Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent - No Shield (1959)
• Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent (1960-1964)
• 1949-D/S or 1939 Doubled Jefferson Nickel
• Liberty Seated Dollar in F12
• Trade Dollar in AU.

I do need to take a break from coins to payoff my wife's 10 year wedding anniversary present, probably at least a month. But my eBay searches and bots are constantly looking for a coin that fits my collection, so who knows?

 

I don't pay a premium for the sticker on 90% of the coins, I have on occasion.

What makes someone submit some of these coins (I assume) is that they are either hoping for a gold CAC sticker, or are just "tossing it in" to round out a shipment, so an even 20 / 40 / 60 etc. Or, they are hoping someone like me comes along and will pick this coin over the 10 other available examples, just so they can move the inventory. It's not much different than someone slabbing a $10 coin, which happens all the time.

 

Thanks for looking. I plan on keeping this thread updated like a Journal as I find coins for my Type Set.

I hope you all enjoyed it,

Matt

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Thank you, sir!

 

Here are what I keep my Type Set Collection in, I have bought them on Amazon and on eBay. Holds 50 NGC / PCGS coins really nicely:






I also have the 25 coin version.

 

Coin SOLD to help fund my Type Set:
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Over the past several years I have purchased coins I really wanted at the time, or random coins I thought I wanted but later regretted, and there are even some coins I bought on speculation, or because I knew I could turn a profit. I have also lost small amounts of money on some coins after the various fees are subtracted. In all cases, I was able to FREE up the money I had tied up in these coins so that I could recycle my funds back into coins I really wanted, or that had a home in my Type Set.

I wanted to share with you the coins that I have sold, so that you may get an understanding that selling coins via spring cleaning of your collections is a perfectly acceptable and in my opinion, necessary step to maintain a healthy and enjoyable coin collection. If you have a problem coin that just bugs you every time you look at it, time to get rid of it, even at a loss! There is just not place in a collection for a coin that annoys you, or that you have lingering regrets, send it to a new home where it will be appreciated and help fund the purchase of a coin you will love.

For me, I LOVED collecting TPG Kennedy Proofs in PR69UC. I had a complete set, including the major varieties, clad, silver, and SMS. Once I had completed this set, I grew to realize that my tastes and interests had outgrown this massive collection of mostly similar coins. I decided to keep two coins, an Accent Hair 1964 and the 1998 Matte Coin. I wanted to keep the 1968, 1969, & 1970 proofs, as they were utterly fantastic high-relief coins, but if I wanted to sell them as a set, I needed them.

I also sold off any duplicate CAC inventory that I had accumulated, and the random junk I wish I had not bought. In all, I have sold 142 coins since I started my spring cleaning project. 98% were sold on eBay.

In total, I sold $7,011.00, of which I kept around $6,300.00 after all fees and shipping. I absolutely cannot believe I sold that much, but it's true, I keep meticulous records. I immediately recycled these funds into new coins, so I never really "made" any money.

Here are some details about the Types of Coins I sold during my coin purge:

COIN	TYPE	TPG	STATUS	CAC
S$1 2002 W EAGLE	BULLION COINS - SILVER	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1858 LARGE LETTERS	CENTS - FLYING EAGLE	PCGS	Sold	.
1C 1908	CENTS - INDIAN HEAD, BRONZE	NGC	Sold	CAC green
1C 1883	CENTS - INDIAN HEAD, BRONZE	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1874	CENTS - INDIAN HEAD, BRONZE	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1905	CENTS - INDIAN HEAD, BRONZE	NGC	Sold	CAC green
1C 1862	CENTS - INDIAN HEAD, COPPER-NICKEL	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1863	CENTS - INDIAN HEAD, COPPER-NICKEL	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1941 S	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1941 S	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1938	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1941 S	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	CAC green
1C 1930	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	CAC green
1C 1941 D	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	.
1C 1941 S	CENTS - LINCOLN, WHEAT REVERSE	NGC	Sold	.
10C 1944 D	DIMES - MERCURY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
10C 1944	DIMES - MERCURY	NGC	Sold	.
10C 1947 S	DIMES - ROOSEVELT, SILVER	NGC	Sold	.
$1 1972 S SILVER	DOLLARS - EISENHOWER, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
5C 1913 TYPE 1	FIVE-CENT PIECES - BUFFALO, TYPE 1	PCGS	Sold	CAC green
5C 1938 D/D BUFFALO	FIVE-CENT PIECES - BUFFALO, TYPE 2	NGC	Sold	CAC green
5C 1944 P	FIVE-CENT PIECES - JEFFERSON	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1959 D	HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1958	HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN	PCGS	Sold	CAC green
50C 1959	HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1957	HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1954 S	HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1962	HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 2001 P	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, CLAD	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1989 P	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, CLAD	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1972	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, CLAD	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1986 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1983 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1981 S TYPE 1	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 2006 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2013 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2013 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2012 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2012 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2008 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 2007 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1997 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1996 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1776-1976 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1998 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1993 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1994 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1995 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2009 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2011 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2010 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2006 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1979 S TYPE 2	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 2005 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2000 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1999 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1981 S TYPE 2	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1992 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 2001 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1972 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1971 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1997 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1978 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1995 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1998 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1992 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1999 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1993 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1988 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1776-1976 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1974 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1973 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1989 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1986 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1982 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1987 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1984 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1991 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1994 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1985 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1996 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2004 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1981 S TYPE 1	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2002 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1983 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1990 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2007 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2011 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2008 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2010 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2001 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1977 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1979 S TYPE 1	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 2003 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2004 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2009 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2000 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2006 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2003 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1980 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2002 S SILVER	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 2005 S CLAD	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1968 D	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1969 D	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1968 D	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1964	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1968 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1969 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1965 SMS	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1967 SMS	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1966 SMS	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1970 S	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1964	HALF DOLLARS - KENNEDY, SILVER, PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
50C 1945 S	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1944	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	.
50C 1946 S	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1943	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1946	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1941	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1945 S	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1943	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1944 D	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
50C 1942	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC gold
50C 1945	HALF DOLLARS - WALKING LIBERTY	NGC	Sold	CAC green
25C 2004 S SILVER WISCONSIN	QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES - PROOF	PCGS	Sold	.
25C 1972 D	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, CLAD	NGC	Sold	.
25C 1935	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	PCGS	Sold	.
25C 1942 D	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	PCGS	Sold	CAC green
25C 1961	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	PCGS	Sold	CAC green
25C 1948 S	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	NGC	Sold	CAC green
25C 1964	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	NGC	Sold	CAC green
25C 1951 D	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	NGC	Sold	CAC green
25C 1947 S	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	NGC	Sold	CAC green
25C 1932	QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, SILVER	NGC	Sold	.
S$1 1885 O	SILVER DOLLARS - MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	.
S$1 1900 O	SILVER DOLLARS - MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC green
S$1 1898	SILVER DOLLARS - MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC green
S$1 1884 O	SILVER DOLLARS - MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC gold
S$1 1901 O	SILVER DOLLARS - MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC green
S$1 1921 MORGAN	SILVER DOLLARS - MORGAN LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC green
S$1 1925	SILVER DOLLARS - PEACE LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC green
S$1 1924	SILVER DOLLARS - PEACE LIBERTY HEAD	NGC	Sold	CAC green

I still have around 10 coins I need to sell, but apparently no one wants them.


As you can see, I have sold a lot of coins for someone who is NOT a dealer, only a simple collector with limited coin funds. What is so utterly fantastic about all of this purging, is I gained a ton of money to buys coins I really want.

Go ahead, check out your collection and sell off all the chaff. I guarantee you will be happy for it, unless you are a hoarder, and in that case, there is no chaff.

-Matt

 

Grade Range Breakdown
and Other Considerations
​

I hear many people talked about a "matched set" of coins, particularly when someone is collecting by series, so they want every year and mint-mark (and variety) and the coins to have a roughly consistent grade and look. The reason for doing so is obvious, it gives the collection a sense of consistency and completeness. For most people, looking at a set of coins that appear to belong together is better than a set of coins where half are blast-white, and the other half are toners. Or a set that has 50% in circulated grades, and 50% in mint-state preservation.

However, since Type Sets are inherently "different" looking, there is potentially more flexibility. Many sophisticated collectors may still prefer to have the set approximately grade matched and color matches for the silver coins (either toned or white).

When I started my set, my goals were different. I knew that I would never be able to own a CAC Type Set of coins that were all MS grades, and I didnt want one that were all circulated. I already owned a few nice MS coins I wanted to include in my set. So, my primary goals were as follows:

• CAC approved for every coin possible
• < $350 for every coin possible
• Business Strike coins only
• Coins that I found appealing
• Coins that well represented the "Type"
• Some Toners / Some White coins
• Some Mint-State / Some Circulated coins
• Some NGC / Some PCGS
• F12 to MS70 only * (this stipulation was later removed)
• No gold * (this stipulation was later removed)
• No tokens / medals / Patterns * (this stipulation was later removed)

In the end, I removed the last three conditions as I started to complete the set. Blame @LostDutchman for getting me into gold. Blame tokens, colonials, and others for being so darned cool I had to have an example.

So for me, I was willing to buy a nice coin between Fine-12 and MS70. When I later found a VG10, the bottom grade was lowered, and then I found a G6 I loved so I scrapped the bottom grade idea, especially after I realized some coins were barely affordable to me even in FR2.

I am very firm on the no-proof policy. I am just plain sick of proofs. But at some point I may need to venture into the $350-$500 coins.

Later on, I realized much like some other collector (and especially @conder), I'm really interested in the evolution of the NGC & PCGS slabs. So I also tacked on a goal to get a few coins in fancy holders, like the NGC Fatty and the PCGS Doily.

So my set was never really going to look "matched", but I was and am totally fine with that. I want to show people what a very worn but problem-free coin looks like. And what a high mint-state coins looks like. The only real common theme is the CAC stickers.

Here is the grade variation as my Type set looks today, July 28, 2014:

GRADE	COUNT
6	1
10	1
12	1
25	1
30	1
35	2
40	5
45	6
50	1
53	3
55	3
58	5
62	2
63	2
64	1
65	14
66	7
67	2
70	1
TOTAL	59

I am missing 11 grades, and in the end, I want them ALL represented. I will need to acquire coins with numeric grades of: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 20, 60, 61, 68, and 69.

Eventually, I would also like to have at least one coin from each of the mints:

1. Philadelphia, PA Mint
2. San Francisco, CA Mint
3. Denver, CO Mint
4. Dahlonega, GA Mint
5. West Point Academy Mint
6. Carson City, NV Mint
7. New Orleans, LA Mint
8. Charlotte, NC Mint

I currently only have 5 of the 8 mints represented. Add it to my to-do list.


Thanks for looking,

Matt

 

Journal Entry 7/28/2014

In the OP I listed an SMS Kennedy, that is a mistake. To me, the SMS / SP coins are more a proof than a business strike, so it doesn't really have a place in this set. I have removed it from my Type Set list but editing the tables are not that easy, so I wont mess with the original post.

I'm currently bidding on:

• 2 coins at HA
• 10 coins at SB
• 0 coins at GC
• 0 coins on eBay
• 0 coins on DLRC

I hope to win 1 on HA and 1 on SB, 10 would be a little overkill for me all at once.

I met up with @mainer020648 and @Mainebill recently, and we have our next CAC batch all set to go once the CAC crew comes back from ANA. A small batch of only ~23 coins, but hoping for some nice results.

I'm hoping to take a break from buying coins a bit, but they seem to have a strange power over me....

I am working on a small project with @gbroke which should take up some of my coin time, and hopefully will keep me off the auction sites.

 

I had been going slow and steady for a long time, and then May 2014 really was more like an explosion of purchases, but for the keepers, I was still quite thoughtful with each purchase. I am slowing back down now, as I have run out of money from the sold inventory.

I think it will still take me 2+ years to get the rest of the medium-difficulty stuff, and then even longer to get the harder stuff. In many ways, I have used the sniper approach on all these, but I totally understand what you are saying.