Coin number 50!

[Gabe]

I made one of my collecting goals by adding 1953-S 1MM-004 to my collection. I want to thank the people in this site, the people who have educated me and the people who have traded with me. Thank you coppercoins!!!

[Robert]

That's a great milestone Gabe! Keep up the good work!




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You're really on a roll.

I admire how you roll with the punches.

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[Gabe]

lol!!

Lincoln cent RPM # 50 let me add... I dont think I made it clear in my original post. Anyways, I think that at my age, very little people have been able to assemble a collection like this one. At this rate, Ill be done with the Lincoln cent series before Im 30

[Bob P]

Congrats Gabe. Keep up the good work and you'll be up to ten thousand before you know it! Oh...to be young and collecting.

Bob P

[Robert]

D'Oh!

I did misunderstand.


Anyway that is a nice example of a nice RPM. I think I need one of those!

[coppercoins]

Good going Gabe! They will get substantially harder to find when the list narrows down, but you have quite a way to go before you readh that point. There are a number of them that you will have a hard time locating at any price.

Nevertheless, it's still an admirable goal. I've been doing it seriously for a number of years and haven't attained but half a set. I still have the other half to go, but through all the work I'm going through, maybe not only can I define what a set really is, but end up collecting one as well.

[Gabe]

I think Im well in my way to reach the 100 RPMs. .. just after my last post, I was able to add 4 more RPMs to the collection, most 1961-D RPMs. Variety collection has beent he most fun area in which I have specialized in coin collecting, and dont think that I will stop variety collecting any time soon.

[coppercoins]

That's one of the biggest reasons I got involved so much into die varieties - for a very common era in coins, there sure are a LOT of different ones to collect in 1960, 1961, etc. With the coins being so cheap, it's easy to accumulate a larger "set". And OHHH what a feeling of happiness one can get when they have a run of RPMs 20-30 coins long without a break. I remember sitting and gazing at my 1960D RPMs when I got all the numbers from 10-40 finished.

[Gabe]

I kinda know the feeling Chuck. I have dies 1-7 done for 1961-D and I look at them ocassionally with amazement, I cant wait until I complete the whole date.

By the way, was looking today at some pocket change and came across a 1988-D RPM. The RPM is very minor, but clearly there. Dont really know what to do now with this RPM, since I have never comed across an RPMs from the 1980's.

[Gabe]

Today in the morning was looking at some lose change, and cam across a 1988-D 1MM-003. Not bad for 1 cent, and the coin is in AU with lots of luster.

[coppercoins]

That sounds cool! Those ones in the 1980s are always really tough to find - very few different dies and a really high mintage of "normal" coins adds to the greatly.