What Is A Complete ASE Set?

Mojojo: Thank you for sharing your hard work & due diligence. Will bookmark for future reference.
I think the bullion is 100% accurate. My spreadsheet of the bullion series matches yours. Haven't had time to review the rest.

Thanks Capt. & MD, there are a lot of them! They are like Pokemon "Gotta catch em all"

That sort of begs the question on how people in general DO collect ASEs.
Because your can collect everything in some disjointed sort of way, just any ol' jumbled together mess and call it your collection. Probably a lot of people just do that. I started out just doing that, taking my time and looking for deals and not giving it a lot of thought. I guess until I obtained some sort of "critical mass" and knew I had to figure out where I was heading, it what I really enjoyed.
To me it was hard to just go after everything just "raw". The list that was shown a few posts back is fine, as far as it goes. It's hard to fathom someone getting all the proofs shown as simply a raw coin. You'll end up with it either OGP or slabbed. You would get the bullion as either raw or slabbed, since there isn't any normal OGP for bullion. But then there are the special ones that were in sets and you typically have the option of OGP or slabbed. The one most notable coin would be the 1995W, it is possible to find those just in the mint capsule, as close as you'll get to raw. But people get really leary of something like that that isn't either still in the set or has been graded and authenticated.
Anyways, just thought I'd chime in about how people collect.

yeah. when I started accumulating them, I knew little to nothing about them and I did so with just 'stacking' in mind. once I had accumulated several, I bought a Mercanti book and read it. I figured that I could make a reasonable run at a 'collection'-- that is, one of each bullion, proof, burnished, etc... I began doing that by 2016-17, and I created my own list. I was making good money then and I could afford several of the sets (2006, 2011, 2012, 2013) to acquire those special coins available only in those sets, and in hindsight I should have gone after the '95-W proof then. a missed opportunity.

i did what I could and got what I got and am happy with the collection even though I lack two coins. I got in at a good time and got out at a good time. I have them all in dansco albums and that's what I was aiming for, so... mission accomplished. the plan for the missing two sits on the back burner.

i have some of the OGP and I have several coins in slabs. it's not important to me to have all of the OGP or have everything slabbed. I wanted albums stuffed with fat silver dollars. that's what I got.

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Those are future releases listed on the Mints website

What, no space force?

"What, no space force?" "What, no air force?"

It's to celebrate their 250th Anniversary.

that's why I ended my collection at 2021, basically.

here's my list...

one of each:

bullion, 1986-2021....... 36 coins
S-mint proof........ 4 coins (2017, 18, 19 & 20)
proof, incl. 95-W...... 36 coins (no 2009)
burnished, incl. 08/rev07....14 coins (no 2009 or '10)
special issues*........ 11 coins

101 coins total

(*coins from sets or special standalone issues:
2006-P rev.proof
2011-S unc.
2011-P rev.proof
2012-S proof
2012-S rev.proof
2013-W enh.unc.
2013-W rev.proof
2019-W enh.rev.proof Po2N
2019-S enh.rev.proof
2020-W proof V75
2021-W rev.proof type l & ll set

it was the issuing of those last 4 coins that soured me and caused me to stop buying silver eagles. to me, it was a good thing they changed the design, it was an exit point that I gladly utilized. I won't go on about my US Mint/ASE beef. this list is here just to explain my ASE collection.)

i have the OGP for all of the sets, special issues and burnished coins. I have the OGP for the '93 & '94 proofs, but not the rest. I really don't care for all the boxes and packaging. my only interest is the coins themselves. I have the 2012 & 2013 set coins slabbed. I have several burnished coins slabbed, various dates. .....aaaand i'll just stop here...