Finally went for the gold.....

I have been working on a 1932 Mint set (the year of my mom's birth) for several years. 1932 was an unusual year for the Mint. Deep in the Depression, there wasn't a lot of demand for circulating coins. Cents were produced at Philadelphia and Denver, and the first Washington quarters at all three mints. No nickels, no dimes, no half dollars, no silver dollars. The Washington quarters were supposed to be a sort of commemorative issue of the 200th anniversary of George's birth, therefore the small mintages at Denver and San Francisco, but by 1934 became the new design, replacing the Standing Liberty.

So, two cents and three quarters were all the "normal" circulating coins produced. But 1932 was also, for all practical purposes, the last year for US gold coinage, as essentially no 1933 gold coins were ever released.

The 1932 $20 is a rare piece, with a total of only 69 graded by NGC, and a price tag far above my means. But there have been over 46,000 of the 1932 $10 coins graded by NGC. After getting outbid numerous times, I finally came up a winner in a Heritage auction a few weeks ago and completed (as much as I ever will) my 1932 set with the MS63+ shown below (also my second coin with a "+" grade, this one from PCGS).

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