A Raw Roosevelt Dime Silver Set as a Side Project
I’m certain many of us pick up a series or idea and start to form a collection that gets put on the back burner and only looked at now and again. Such is the case for a Roosevelt set that I started to build perhaps 15-years ago. Like most other dealers or serious collectors, I see lots of coins and over time I have built a pair of gem, untoned album sets of silver Roosevelt dimes. I’ve also owned and sold dozens of superbly toned examples, many of which were certified with very high grades.
The untoned album sets never cost much, either to build or to sell, but some of those high grade toned coins cost a relatively large sum of money. Around 15-years ago I started to pick out the odd dime or two that was really nice when I would buy a bullion deal or partial US Mint Set; or an end roll coin or otherwise generic album set, or just some random, individual piece that looked cool. My vague goal was to squirrel away these nice coins and, eventually, place them in a Capitol Plastics holder or some type of shelf album. In the meantime, they were kept in a clear plastic tube.
At this time I’ve managed to build a complete 1946-1964 silver set and would like to share it. Please keep in mind that this was not a set of intense focus or effort on my part and that, on average, I have probably spent seventy-five cents (perhaps all the way up to a dollar) per coin on average. This set afforded me the opportunity to feel engaged in my own collection even while I might not have been buying many (or many high end) coins. The pieces I have chosen to include in the set are attractive or interesting or just "different". It has been a nice diversion to come back to over and again. These coins are all raw and many of the more attractively toned pieces have one or more "fatal flaws" that would preclude a very high certified grade. This was good for me, as it meant that the coin was being sold for essentially bullion at the time of purchase.
The untoned album sets never cost much, either to build or to sell, but some of those high grade toned coins cost a relatively large sum of money. Around 15-years ago I started to pick out the odd dime or two that was really nice when I would buy a bullion deal or partial US Mint Set; or an end roll coin or otherwise generic album set, or just some random, individual piece that looked cool. My vague goal was to squirrel away these nice coins and, eventually, place them in a Capitol Plastics holder or some type of shelf album. In the meantime, they were kept in a clear plastic tube.
At this time I’ve managed to build a complete 1946-1964 silver set and would like to share it. Please keep in mind that this was not a set of intense focus or effort on my part and that, on average, I have probably spent seventy-five cents (perhaps all the way up to a dollar) per coin on average. This set afforded me the opportunity to feel engaged in my own collection even while I might not have been buying many (or many high end) coins. The pieces I have chosen to include in the set are attractive or interesting or just "different". It has been a nice diversion to come back to over and again. These coins are all raw and many of the more attractively toned pieces have one or more "fatal flaws" that would preclude a very high certified grade. This was good for me, as it meant that the coin was being sold for essentially bullion at the time of purchase.
