I just keep getting wierd years.

As some of may more may not know (depending on how closely my "Bio," sets, and forum posts are followed), I'm helping my step-father build mint sets for all the years in which immediate family members were born in. The things that has made this job really interesting are the years I keep getting given.

1920, 1924, 1932, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2007.

1924, first of a 3 year interruption in the mintage of half dollars. Other than that I think its biggest crime is being expensive.

1932 was the last year of circulating gold coinage in the United States and the first year of the Washing quarter, home of the 1932-D and 1932-S key dates. It is also a year without nickels, dimes, or half dollars because of the deepening depression. This set has been an adventure! 7 coins, 2 of them gold.

1955 brought us the "Bugs Bunny" Franklin half, and the 1955 DDO cent, and the 1955-D is a key date for both the nickels and the quarters.

1958, last year of the lincoln wheat cent.... That's all I got.

1965, first year after the coinage went clad and the first of a short run of years where the mint decided that mint marks had gone out of style. A 5 coin set.

1981 was the last of a 3 year mintage for the SBA dollar, but they weren't minted for circulation that year if memmory serves.

1982 was the year the lincolns went cRaZy. 7 different varieties... that'll be fun.

1992 saw Wide "AM" varieties on Lincoln cents because some civil servant decided that it was a good idea to use proof dies to strike business strike cents... That was a good idea. There are Close "AM" cents for the "D" mint also, I think.

2007, here come the presidents.

1956, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, and 1993 where all pretty typical and uneventful years as far as I can tell, but it's always fun to spice things up, right? For example, I'm expecting a 1989 "P" MS67* RD cent. It is the ONLY 1989 cent that NGC has ever given a star. I think it'll give the set a unique touch.

The other remarkable part about this project is that it keeps growing. I was initially given a core group of 8 sets. Then it was 10. Now it's 10 sets that we want to complete, 4 sets that we may or may not go into too deeply, and 2 sets that we'll probably get a few representative coins for but aren't likely to complete (totaling 16 sets)... oh, and plus a Texas Commem Half Dollar set.

Ah well, it's a hobby.