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Question: I would like to build a type set of United States gold
coins but do not know how to begin. I do not have an unlimited budget, and yet
I would like to have a nice display. Can you make some suggestions for a basic
type set which could be expanded, if desired, into a larger type set later? –
L.I.
Answer: To be very basic you could build a set of one of each denomination of U.S. gold coin
produced for general circulation, the $1, $2.50, $3, $5, $10, and $20. Beyond
that, a popular set to form comprises the following late 19th and early
20th-century issues: gold $1, Liberty Head $2.50, Indian $2.50, $3, Liberty
Head $5, Indian $5, Liberty Head $10, Indian $10, Liberty Head $20, and
Saint-Gaudens $20.
If you want to have a more extensive set,
still staying within the same date range, your set could include three basic
main designs of gold $1 pieces, the Liberty Head $2.50, the Indian $2.50, the
$3, the Liberty Head $5 No Motto, the Liberty Head $5 with IN GOD WE TRUST, the
Liberty Head $10 No Motto, the Liberty Head $10 With Motto, the Indian $10 No Motto, the Indian With Motto, the
three types of Liberty Head $20, the MCMVII $20 (if you are able to get into
this price range -- it certainly is a beautiful coin), the Saint-Gaudens $20 No
Motto, and the Saint-Gaudens $20 With Motto. This set is a very beautiful
display of American gold coinage.
Of course, you can later expand any of these
sets and go into the elusive issues produced 1795 through 1834, all of which
are rare.
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