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Have you recently become interested in collecting a new series?

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I'm mainly interested in upgrading ~6 coins in my toner Franklin set and in completing 2 year sets; 1858 in business strike (no gold), and 1893 in proof cameo (no gold). While I quite enjoy it, the finds that look acceptable are few and far between and tend to be expensive, so I find the urge to buy some less expensive material just as a "fun" set. A couple of months ago I stumbled upon a pretty 1940-S Washington in an old fatty greenline NGC MS66 holder. I liked the look of it and bought it. Given that my expertise is in the Franklin 1948-63 field, it occurred to me that I could put together a toned 1940-64 set of Washingtons, predominantly in MS66 with the occasional MS67, reasonably inexpensively and transfer a lot of my knowledge of the "look" of given date/mm from the 1948-63 era. Also, the coins are silver and of a fairly decent size, which I like. I'm not interested in the pre-1940 coins as that can start to get pricy. So, have you recently become interested in collecting a new series? The images are by Shane Canup and I think he did an excellent job.

 

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Since I am closing in on completing two additional registry sets, I am currently weighing my options for a new short set that is yet to be determined. Nice quarter!

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I have been commited to my Canadian coin collection for the last 3 years but I have been looking for something else for the last couple of months. hm Well tonight I have decided to collect the Statehood Quarters in silver :insane:. I have found that you can still get them in PF69 DCam for a very cheap price and that is just fine by me!!! :acclaim:

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I plan on putting together a war nickel set as soon as I complete my silver Roosevelt set. I like them, it's a short set and can be put together relatively inexpensively.

 

Finished mine last winter. It wasn't as expensive as most might think either. Lots of fun collecting it.

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I added Newfoundland to my collection about 3 years ago. It's fun to own a coin that had a mintage of 6,000 without paying hundreds or thousands for it.

 

I love the Newfoundlad coins!! Not only are the mintages small but they are beautiful coins as well :luhv:

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(Not a US series)

If / when I find myself back in the money, I plan to put together a set of Belarusian Bird of the Year coins. The series started in 2007, and issues a 1 ruble Cu-Ni and 10 rubles .925 Ag coin, with a new design for the two each year. They're quite affordable, and I like the quality of the strike and design of the two examples I own.

 

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I started a 7070, Well I guess it has been about 6 months ago now that I started it.

 

Still trying to find those seated liberty dollars. Can't seem find them in the shape I want at the level I want to pay.

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