Best year, best strike

Hi everyone. I have been a serious collector for about 7-8 years now, but have collected casually for more. I have collected alot of series, but always find myself coming back to my type collection. There's alot you can learn from collecting a single series, but no one series could ever hold my attention long term.

A couple years ago i completed my 7070. It felt so good to finish, and looks great. But looking back at alot of my purchases, i made alot of mistakes as many new to the hobby do.

Recently i have decided that i want to assemble a more complete type collection. I want the most high end, well struck coins i can afford for each type, but what i really want to focus on is a strong full strike on the coins.

For me collecting is both about the art and the history. I know there are many coins in many series that are known for mushy/weak strikes, and others that more often than not are hammered and have amazing detail. So my question for all my fellow collectors is this....for each series, what date/mm combos have the strongest strike characteristics?

I know a few like the 1881-S Morgans and 1938-D buffaloes, but what about the rest? I want to do this collection right, and i am using it as a big learning experience. This set will take me a lifetime to complete, if i ever complete it to my satisfaction.

I thought this would be a good learning tool for all, experienced collectors and new alike.

Thank you everyone for your help in this journey, and i look forward to learning alot! Dont forget to post those pics.. we all like some coin eye candy!

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Wow. Cool question! Can't wait to hear some answers from the experts!

 

I suggest for your clad dime, try a 1996-W. They were only in mint sets and are pretty nice, plus the uniqueness of a W coin in there is neat.

Walking halves, there are some really sweet 1945's out there, but stick with Philly or Denver, not SF.

 

1825 Half Dollar O-111 or O-112 are very nicely struck. They are among my favorite varieties of the capped bust halves.

 

Well the 7070 albums is the only album I'm looking into so, bookmarked! Also the 1881-0 morgan dollars have a very nice strike here's mine.



Sorry for bad pictures.



Thanks,
Jacob

 

I'll toss in 1909 Lincolns and the last few years of Half Cents and Cents, for consistent good strike. 1917 SLQ's. 1940ish Jeffersons, in the early years of the enhanced-definition "Reverse of 1940." WWII-era Mercs.

Three Cent Nickels? Buy a Proof.

 

I don't know... some 1865's were well-struck.

 

1921 Peace dollar.

 

1880 s Morgan dollars struck so well that they were graded by a different standard.

 

Yes, yes, yes. There were a few good years of 3-centnicks, and lots of rotated die examples among them. Good luck with finding exciting strikes among Barber coins.

 

Can a coin be considered well struck if it has clash marks? Doesn't that diminish the strike?

 

I guess it could be well struck from a damaged die, yeah.

 

Kind of a cheat sheet method to start narrowing it down would be to look for where high grades are cheaper and plentiful. That's usually a good place to start for series where you have no idea on which ones were well made.

 

Did clashes shouldn't have any affect on the strike.

For the Var 1 Buff-a Denver Mint example is usually nicer than the Phiily Mint coin.

 

Awesome start guys! Lots of good info here so far! I know the general theme when it comes to learning coins is "look at as many as possible." But if you look at alot of mushy strike coins, you won't know what you're missing. Thank you to all of you series collectors out there helping us out!

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Loving the clashes on that coin!

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The rpd is sweet also.... got to love theses little coins they have a lot going on.

 

1901-S $10 libs and 1904 $20 libs

 

Awesome info everyone, have a solid list going so far! I consolidated the info and will list it below for ease. As the list grows, i will sort it better, but for now i think it will do. Sorry ahead of time if i missed anything.

Morgans: 1881-S/1880-S
Buffalo Nickel T1: D mint, not P
Buffalo Nickel: 1938-D
Walking Liberty Half: 1945-P/D
Capped Bust Half: 1825
Lincoln Cents:1909
Braided Hair Large Cents:late dates
Braided Hair Half Cents:late dates
Standing Libery Quarter: 1917
Jefferson Nickels: 1940's
Mercury Dimes: 1940's
3 Cent Nickel: 1865
Peace Dollar: 1921
$10 Liberty gold: 1901-S
$20 Liberty gold: 1094

Still ALOT more series not touched on...3 cent silver, indian cents, seated coinage, barbers, 2 cents, washingon quarters, kennedies, lots of gold...

Keep it comming guys! Learning alot from this, thank you all!


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