While it is fun to put together Dansco sets of Washingtons, it is also nice to spend a little more money and put together a slabbed Registry set....
I was born in 1958, so for years now I've been working on putting together an 1858 business strike set. There are 29 Type/Mint Marks in the set,...
As mentioned in previous posts, once the coin collecting OCD kicks in, who can stop at one Dansco? Not me. I ended up building three Danscos...
Here's an 1835 Capped Bust Dime I picked up at the ANA for my Type Set. The coin is graded PCGS MS62. The images are by Bob Campbell and I think...
I'm sure many of you started out collecting a series, and then started getting multiples of the coins in the series. Yours truly is in that...
Here's an 1800 LC I got last year for my Type set. I was browsing the lot boxes at Heritage's June Long Beach auction and saw the piece. It's in...
Here are the slabbed 1940 PDS Washingtons in my Registry set. The P is PCGS MS66, the D is PCGS MS65, and the S is NGC MS66. The P and D were...
As mentioned in my recent post, I will be cycling through posting my B Dansco, A Dansco and slabbed toner Washington sets. Here is the A Dansco...
As many of you know, my primary collecting passion these days is space memorabilia. It can be a rather pricey endeavor, so I've focused my...
50 years ago today, July 20, 1966, Gemini 10 was in day two of it's three day mission. The mission practiced rendezvous and spacewalking. It's...
I was browsing through an album at a B&M last year and found this Mercury (along with several other nice Mercs) in the album. The images are by...
Here are the D Franklins from the 1958 Mint Set I've been posting recently. These were the main reason I bought the set. While red is a...
A friend of mine just pointed out this auction to me. For those of you that like numismatic books etc. To the best of my knowledge I am in no...
Here are the P & D Washingtons from the 1958 Mint Set I got last year. I'm quite happy with these. The images are by Bob Campbell and I think he...
Here are the P mint Roosevelts and Franklins from a 1958 Mint Set. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job....
Here are the P & D Washingtons from a 1955 Mint Set I bought last year. I will post the D mint coins first, because the final P mint Washington I...
Here are the Franklins from the 1955 Mint Set I bought last summer. The first one will go in my B Franklin toner Dansco, and the second one will...
Here are some Roosevelts from the 1955 Mint Set I got last summer. IMO the D mint and the S mint Roosies for the most part were mehh kind of...
Last summer I was in the mood for picking up some Mint Sets, ending up with the D mint card of a 1956 Mint Set, as well as complete 1955 and 1958...
The Washington State quarter series seemed to interest a lot of people, and I suspect brought some new blood into the great hobby of coin...
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