I'm about to finish my Dansco U.S. type set book and wanted some ideas on something similar. I really enjoyed the type set and to be honest...I don't like collecting all of a large series of coins very much. I have nearly all Lincoln cents minus a few key dates, and the first collection I did was Kennedy halves, which again is almost complete except for newer ones and a 1964 accented hair, but anyway I enjoyed the Kennedy's but not nearly as much as the type set, so any ideas on something similar?
What about a year study. All coins from a specific date like 1861, or 1900? Could separate into just copper/silver if gold was a problem costwise. Just don't pick a year with an "impossible to obtain" coin. Jim
A few suggestions to consider: 1. A high grade birth year set (how high depends upon what year you were born) 2. Fill in some of the gaps in the Dansco type set album. I don't know what the album includes but it seems to me I have seen missing varieties. For instance, how many Liberty Head large cents does it include? If you look in the Red Book they break it down into 3 types. How many SLQ varieties does it include? The Red Book lists 3. 3. Get those Lincoln key dates (well, maybe not right now since Lincoln are hot). But key dates are the ones that get more expensive everytime you look. 4. Go after some of the current sets that seem to be out of favor. I'm thinking the Jeffersons and/or Roosevelts.
What about a first year coin set What about a first year coin set? Go back as far as you want and try and obtain the first year coin design for each denomination. Some would be tough like 1916 Std quarter but you could make exceptions as you go - it's your set after all. Or all design/composition changes for a type such as Lincoln cent such as: 09-p, 09 -p vdb, 1918, 1943, 44, 47, a proof wheat and proof memorial, 1960 all five) 62, 68-S, 70 all 3), 82, all eight) and this year - there will be 10 types. If you don't know these you will learn a lot.
sounds kinda neat, but i'm not sure i completely understand....so say for instance a half...i would essentially be doing a half type set? like get the first year kennedy half, the first year franklin half, etc...? or am i just making myself look like an idiot here lol?
It's up to you but yes, It's up to you but yes you can go into as much detail as you feel like it. For half dollars 1964, 1948, 1916 and so on but. I think design changes are a lot more interesting, for instance - 1964 silver mint state, 1964 silver proof, 1965 thru 1967 silver unc. then 1965 thru 67 SMS then 1968 or 69 sil.unc. 1968-S proof 1970-D unc. then 1992-S silver proof 1992 clad proof, 1992 clad unc.and so on - you really can learn your series doing this either way - good luck!
I'm kind of a history nerd, so what I'm starting is a WWII-themed set of world coins. There's actually 2 sets for this I'm going to do. The first set is post-WWII coins that commemorate certain battles or relate to the war in general. I just got a 1975 Russian Rouble that has the Volograd (formerly Stalingrad) Monument. It commemorates the 30th Anniversary of WWII victory. The Russians seem to have issued a commemorative on every ten-year anniversary of WWII. I was also going to get the US commemoratives of WWII, Marine Corp (with the Iwo Jima scene), etc, along with some Nazi-era German coins. But the fun thing is that you add whatever you want- I still haven't completed my list yet. For instance, I'm adding an Ike dollar to the set- while it doesn't directly relate to WWII, Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander, so I'm adding it in there. The second set is coins minted during WWII that have some tie-in to the war. This includes the steel Lincoln cents (as well as the shell-case ones), Jefferson War Nickels, foreign occupation coinage, the Candian "V" coin (think it's a nickel?), and so on. I haven't decided if I'm going to stick to a "type" mentality for this set, or if I'm going to get them all (for example, all 3 steel cents, 11 Jeffersons, etc.) I haven't been interested in world coins until about 2 weeks ago, when I bought one of those large encyclopedia-type books of world coins. There are really some fascinating coins out there. You can do all sorts of themes- war, space, world leaders, etc. You could even do something like a type set of "cents" (or whatever a country calls their .01 denomination) from all over the world. Or for a huge challenge, your birth year type set of world coins. If you'd rather stick to US coins and like the type set concept, what about a type set consisting of only proofs (or errors, or varieties)? I've even seen people putting together a type set using only counterfeits. Talk about a challenge. Just think outside the box, and you'll come up with something.
--Gold type set --Copper first-year type set: 1793 half cent & large cent, 1793 Liberty Cap cent, 1796 Draped Bust cent, 1808 Matron Head, 1856 Flying Eagle, 1909 Lincoln, etc. --How about an English or Canadian type set? --Conder tokens are fun! --Classic silver or gold U.S. commemoratives (the silver commems are underrated right now). Just a few ideas. =============================== Best Regards, George VDB Coins
wow you guys have some really good ideas....lol i want to do them all! well i'll have to think on this for a while...i don't like world coins that much, but it does seem pretty neat to do a birth year set with world coins. i don't know i'm so confused lol
Maybe collect coins for an important event in history, such as a coins of the Civil War or World War II, or World War I.
