Convenient way to purchase a slabbed Presidential Dollar collection?

My primary collecting focus is in Ancients, mostly Roman but with some Greek and other empires thrown in. I've also started going after English/British coins from Celtic through Queen Victoria.

I love the coins, but the real joy that I get out of the hobby is developing guides to the histories and using the coins as interesting physical/visual references to those histories. My plan is to start with the first coins (Archaic Greek) and develop a continuous story through Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Roman Empire, Byzantine/Dark Age Europe, England/British Empire, and finally the US. (an American perspective of world history through coins)

The Presidential dollars seem to be the no-brainer option if I'm just wanting physical references to chapters in American history, so I'd like to get them all. As of now, I'm shooting for all of the coins in NGC PF 70 Ultra Cameo. In my limited research of previous sales, it seems as though each of the coins can be had for $15 - $20 each if patiently buying piecemeal (mostly Ebay auctions).

I enjoy the "pursuit" activities associated with obtaining coins for my other collections. But when it comes to these coins, I'd much prefer to buy the whole (or as many as possible) collection in one go instead of seeking them out 1 by 1. Are any of you aware of a source (website or individual) that might help provide the route that I'm looking for?

Thanks!

 

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Are you looking for a certain grade? Over the life of the program I completed the set in PF69, all from NGC. I didn’t pay over $9 for a coin, but have to admit I haven’t followed the prices since I finished the series. I’m not not if I can post it here in the thread, but if you want to message me I can give you the name of the company I bought from.

Just saw your grade requirements… I missed that before. Sorry!!

 

If I were you, I would save the money and buy Proof sets of these coins in the mint packages. The biggest problem might be finding sellers. When I was a dealer, these sets were very unpopular. It was hard to get much more than face value for them.

Another problem might be finding the later issues in slabs. The grading services seem to have really cut down on the bulk slabbing bargains. I can’t find any of the more recent type coins, like the Washington Crossing the Delaware quarter, for low prices (under $20) like I could in the past.

I am not a big fan of the presidential dollar series. Some of the artwork is bizarre, like the Lincoln coin, which reminds me of the pulp fiction book, “Abe Lincoln, Vampire Slayer.”

Years ago the mint issued a series of presidential medals that were based in the Indian peace medals. The mint advertised them as a “youth series.” Although the mint didn’t always keep the quality of the strikes up to snuff, I have found them to be more interesting.

 

I find this two pieces to be rather odd looking.

Here is Lincoln with the zombie like stare.



I think that Ronald Reagan resembles Bugs Bunny.



The Lincoln medal in the small medal presidential set was based on this design. This is also the source for the one ounce silver medal that the mint recently issued.



Here is the 1981 Reagan inaugural medal. It does not exactly make him look handsome, but it is realistic.

 

Seems like good advice. A quick look on eBay shows a lot of these clad sets going for under $20 and you could probably flip the remaining 2 lens to recoup a few bucks.

 

69's would serve just fine for my purposes, as the intention is to have them serve as visual aids for lay people (family and friends) while hopefully appreciating my history guides (probably wishful thinking ). I probably couldn't reliably even tell the difference between a 69 and a 70, and most people don't even know what those numbers mean to begin with.

But, since the coins seem to be pretty cheap either way, I figured I should go all out for the 70 UC since the total cost would be in my wheelhouse. I like to purchase coins while considering whomever will end up with my collection after I die, and the top grades will probably be easier for them to sell

That's what would make these coins differ from the rest of my collection, I'm not buying them because I have an appreciation for them or see any real value in them, they are simply meant to serve as physical representations for the historical narrative chapters. The rest of my collection is slabbed though, and I organize the slabs in cases with labels on top with codes that are referenced in the text. Like this:


So I want the coins in slabs so that they will be consistent with the rest of the collection (I'm kinda OCD like that! ). And, since I'm getting slabs, and they are affordable, I decided to go for 70 UC.

Honestly, I've been thinking about this for a while, and I keep flip-flopping between talking myself into and out of it. I figured that if there were and easy way to simply buy them all at the same time, then I could pull the trigger and be done with it haha!