What coins would you include in a Memorial collection

[RWBILLER]

Hi
I am re-building my Memorial collection. What would you include in it. I won't tell you what I have so I don't influence your thoughts.
Thankyou

[DCW]

Are we talking varieties or date/mintmark?

[seal006]

I have considered doing a set of the highest valued variety for the given year and mint. Like for 1999-P, I would try and find a WAM, 1992 would be a difficult one if I went with a CAM. I already have a 1988 RDV-006.

[DCW]

Sean, I've thought of doing the same thing; a complete variety set from the '09 ddo through the 2011 ddo#4. Rpm, ddo, DDR, transitional, etc. In years with no known variety (there aren't many) I'd just include a high grade normal example from the date.
I bet we could put together some wild sets that way.

[RWBILLER]

Right now i am including all the BU PDS coins, All proofs from 1959-2012 (including small dates and type II's), SMS (1965-1967) and all he satin finish coins from (2005-2010). I am not including varaities other than the small dates and type II's.
Thankyou

[Maineman750]

Rog...as a wise man once said."Collect what you like, to heck with everybody else"

[pman860507]

Rog...as a wise man once said."Collect what you like, to heck with everybody else"

Crazy I didn't know I said that.

Rog sounds like you have everything that you need. Without varieties and with that you should just get the ones you like. Maybe your favorite variety for each year.

[copperlover]

My choice would be a BU set 1952-2012 all proofs and Business strikes including large and small date.

Lucien

[onecent1909]

all coins from all mints....p and d and s mint.....if including ddo/ddr/rpm/type 1/type 2/wam/and cam.....then die 1 of each per each year for all that exist...but for me....all coins..all mints...maybe...ms67+..pr 69+and the satins....I really would include satin and the 2009 coppers...even though 2009 are not memorial... I still would put them in a set

[coppercoins]

What coins would you include in a Memorial collection

That's easy. One coin from each known die in every die state and stage known. About 20,000 coins if my count isn't off. And we can add about 100 to that every year.

[RWBILLER]

Are you serious?

[BadThad]

My memorial set includes all years, mints, satins and proofs. For many years, I also have cents in the original mint cello along side of the highest grade I could find since the mint set coins are usually MS64 or less. Then I have varieties and errors grouped with the appropriate year/mint. The only major I'm missing is the 84 doubled ear which has been on my list for a lot of years. I'm just waiting for the right coin and deal to present itself.....just as I did with the 72 DDO-1. My collection also includes duplicates/triplicates or more where either I couldn't decide which one to keep or the extra(s) were special due to toning or something else like extreme luster.

The memorial series is rather complex and each collector must decide for themselves what they want to do. For me I guess it's anything and everything that comes my way. I hope this helps.

[Chugly]

I'm pretty much with Chuck on this one except I really only want one nice example of any variety by year and mint (not every die state). Obviously it will be a set that I never complete. I had already built a pretty nice (as nice as I could afford) complete set of all the date and mint mark combo's including proof's and small/large dates. Now I am working on filling in every variety I can find for each year. I think I have approximately 1,000 unique varieties from 1909 on (and counting). The best part is that I have paid face value for most of it or traded coins I found for face for ones I didn't have. Needless to say this has been a kick in the pants for me and has increased my enjoyment of collecting 10 fold. It's hilarious to think that once marked my Lincoln set as "complete" 20 years ago. How wrong I was.