What series of coins do you religiously collect?

I religiously collect Classic and Modern Commems..........just a passion of mine. I lusted after classic commems as a lad, and now I'm fulfilling my dream as an 'old dude'.........

 

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My passion changes every few years. I like Bust half dollars right now.

 

Always have loved those gals, but few examples in the collection. Future for me.

I'll never be a 'nut' like Frank......@treashunt

 

@Treashunt

 

I am sure I will go back to Liberty head gold dollars if resources permit me to start putting together a set again.

 

I would love to collect Bust quarters but dear god, the prices.

 

I get a silver proof set from the U.S. Mint every year. Usually a bad investment but I love silver coins and modern mintage techniques are so good the coins always look amazing.

In the 80's through the early 90's I collected Canadian commemorative silver dollars for the same reason but lost interest trying to keep up with the multitude of RCM offerings.

 

What is ASE?

 

American Silver Eagle. One ounce of silver.

 

Lincoln cents , tone coins, foreign coins

 

Actually, now that I think of it, my wife buys me an ASE from APMEX each year for Christmas.

 

For me it’s capped bust quarters. It can take a while between purchases, though, because not many coins fit my target (low enough grade to be affordable, not overpriced, reasonably nice eye appeal, and not cleaned or damaged).

It feels like >99% of capped bust quarters do not fit those criteria, but at least I don’t have to worry about exceeding my budget that way.

 

Modern interests are The Queen's Beasts. Early interests are US Commemorative coins 1892 - 1954. Both for many religious reasons but mostly because I enjoy series sets that have complete design changes with each new addition.

 

Do you buy them directly from the mint, or wait a couple of years until the sticker price drops? I have found that for most of them, you can pick them up for a lot less after the newness has worn off.

 

What would you call my collection family? I like to have full sets of dollar,half,quarter,dime,nickel,penny for bdays of family started with 2010 daughter then 1933 grandfather then I wanted his death also and mother etc you get the point

 

I would call them a year type set. Lots of folks collect this way.

 

Thanks

 

They used to make nice plastic holders for year sets like this.

 

@dlp_dlp21 It sounds like your sets are for the birth years of family members. This link has the type of holders I believe ldhair is referring to. I bought two of the black holders to make sets for my grandparents’ birthdays and they turned out very well.

https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/Special-Occasion-Holders-Birth.html

 

Thanks