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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 4629780, member: 42034"]What a very nice set & idea! A good friend of mine whom I've known for many years does the same thing but with slightly later sets. He also links the coins of the year with events in the US that were happening at the same time. He just wrote up a story for his local coin club on his high grade 1850-P set, 1c - 1$, sans gold. Now some of his latter 19th century sets also include the gold. Also he may go back to the year 1800; I'll have to check.</p><p><br /></p><p>1840 is a very nice year to do this with. Note that you may want to go back and edit some of the mints you listed, e.g. "1840 CC half eagle" to "1840 C". Also when did you start forming the set? You don't have to mention prices or sources but I'd be interested in knowing how long the 1840 set took you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally I recently had an 1840 episode this week. I had consigned my 1840 Argentine Rebel Peso to be sold at the NYICS in Jan 2021. I was hoping to upgrade to a nicer one. However given the rarity of the piece: 20 or 12? known in all grades, I've decided that perhaps it would be best to get the nicer one before selling mine. Also I display my coins thru a webpage which I program myself.</p><p>Here's the 1840 rebel peso: <a href="https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Argentina/Argentina.html#Argentina_8R_1836" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Argentina/Argentina.html#Argentina_8R_1836" rel="nofollow">https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Argentina/Argentina.html#Argentina_8R_1836</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm going to see if I can get permission repost his article here. This year set seems like a nice way to collect US. Also what is nice about this set, aside from being historical, is that many of the items seem to be unquestionably rare or at least uncommon and it avoids the unwinnable battle of having one's type coin topped by some ultra-rich guy who simply goes out and buys an ms-66 early eagle to top your ms-65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 4629780, member: 42034"]What a very nice set & idea! A good friend of mine whom I've known for many years does the same thing but with slightly later sets. He also links the coins of the year with events in the US that were happening at the same time. He just wrote up a story for his local coin club on his high grade 1850-P set, 1c - 1$, sans gold. Now some of his latter 19th century sets also include the gold. Also he may go back to the year 1800; I'll have to check. 1840 is a very nice year to do this with. Note that you may want to go back and edit some of the mints you listed, e.g. "1840 CC half eagle" to "1840 C". Also when did you start forming the set? You don't have to mention prices or sources but I'd be interested in knowing how long the 1840 set took you? Incidentally I recently had an 1840 episode this week. I had consigned my 1840 Argentine Rebel Peso to be sold at the NYICS in Jan 2021. I was hoping to upgrade to a nicer one. However given the rarity of the piece: 20 or 12? known in all grades, I've decided that perhaps it would be best to get the nicer one before selling mine. Also I display my coins thru a webpage which I program myself. Here's the 1840 rebel peso: [URL]https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Argentina/Argentina.html#Argentina_8R_1836[/URL] I'm going to see if I can get permission repost his article here. This year set seems like a nice way to collect US. Also what is nice about this set, aside from being historical, is that many of the items seem to be unquestionably rare or at least uncommon and it avoids the unwinnable battle of having one's type coin topped by some ultra-rich guy who simply goes out and buys an ms-66 early eagle to top your ms-65.[/QUOTE]
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