At long last..

I finally bought the "holy grail" coin for my signature set-High Seas. It is the Hudson Commemorative from 1935in a nice MS grade. I started my signature set of coins with sailing ships on them several years ago-and the set was originally just going to be US coins with ships. I had purchased every American coin {and even a few Hard times tokens and so-called dollars} that fit my criteria except the Hudson.

I expanded the set to include World Coins and it has taken off like crazy-there are literally hundreds of potential additions to this set. I got carried away adding a lot of $25-$100 coins and never got around to getting the Hudson.

The few times this coin has been available at auctions it has sold for a higher price than I was willing to pay at the time. This is one of those hard coins that flies under the radar-it always sells for more than either: Trends/Coin Values, Numismedia or PCGS lists its value at.

So I waited..and waited..and finally with another bid at "book" value, I finally won !! A well-struck coin for tis issue and still some nice luster. It has only a few smaller, non-distracting contact marks in non-prime areas...a very solid coin for the grade and I am ecstatic...I haven't felt like this since the last time I actually finished a set.!!

I also have started a new set, although I probably won't list it in the registry. I am putting together a Walker short set from 1940-47 with all coins graded 63 or 64..just trying to find the most attractive coins I can get for around $100 or less each one...and maybe take my time and just get 1 per month or so-after all I still have a few hundred ship coins to buy to "finish" this set/collection...