20th century finally complete.

For the past fifteen years, I have been finishing the 20th century set started by my Grandfather. For the past three years I have been stuck one dollar, or four quarters to be exact, away from completion. The quarters were the 1901-S and the 1913-S Barber quarters and the 1916 and 1917/8 Standing Liberty quarters. I found a nice 1901-S late last year leaving me with only one left. The 1913-S has been on my mind for a while now, but I could never find an example that I liked for the money. Today, was the day. A friend called me and told me that he knew of one for sale. Here it is, the coin that has had me searching for the last year.



I guess now I have to work on the 19th century set.

 

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Wow congrats! That coin is beautiful. Got some pictures of the highlights of your collection?

 

Congratulations! I'm sure your grandfather would be proud.

 

Greg (gbroke) is going to image some of my proof sets soon, but the few images that I had of my business strikes died with my computer last week. Next time that I go to my SDB, I'll snap a few.

 

Holy Cow!!! Is the set for all the denominations or limited to quarters? Either way, it is a true moose of an accomplishment.:hail:

 

Thanks Tom. The set is cent through dollar and a type set of gold. I would really like to complete a set of gold, but every set has a real monster in it. Really, I would love a proof type set of gold, by my wallet has its limitations. I'm hoping to go for a few pieces when the ANA show gets to New Orleans next year.

 

nice coin and congrats on your and your grandfathers efforts.good luck on your next project.

 

amazing. that is such a monumental task. good luck with the proof nickles, i know that set is really nice. Congratulations!

 

Wow man, just wow. The only set I've ever been able to complete is the other day when I got bored after roll searching quarters and decided to complete a set of state quarters (low attention span). NICE!!!

 

very nice set. I agree that your grandfather would be impressed!

 

Very, very nice! I am so scattered in my collecting. I need to focus.

 

Well with three generations doing the bulk of the work, I had a good leg up. It took me fifteen years to do little more than twenty percent of the collection. I feel great having completed such a collection, but I feel for my son who will have the challenge of completing the ninteenth century set when ever I am useless.

 

Finished the 20th Century? Are you saying you have every coin from every series for the 20th century?
I can't wrap my head around that! That is impressive.

 

and apparently in better than just AG-F too!

 

The majority of the set was picked out of circulation, but was upgraded over the years. I would say that the average grade would be in the XF-45 to AU-50 range for the years 1900 to 1945. 1946 to 2000 are all MS-63 or better.

 

Holy smokes.
Now when my wife says I have too many coins, I'll just say:
"At least I'm not like Kirkuleez!"
That should smooth things over.

 

I'm no Eliasberg, but I may have too many coins. The shame is that ever since Katrina, the coins aren't in my home safe anymore. I do go visit them every weekend though.

 

What about the 1913 Liberty nickel, how much did that set you back?

 

I was wondering the same thing.

 

The 1913 was a proof issue and likely done after hours by a mint employee. I dont consider it to be a regular mint issue. I did deliver the famous hawaii five o specimen to a collector about ten years ago.