Mercury Dime Set Completed!

You're very welcome! I'm happy as long as they have full rims....some are so hard to find. The obverse will look good but the reverse rim will be flat. It took me about 8 months to put this set together

 

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It took me about 11 years to complete a full album of F-12+ coins including the keys certified, all proofs certified 65+, a slabbed short set in MS65, and a 45 Micro S in 65 FSB. This was all about 35 years ago. I couldn’t do it now if I wanted to. Fill your albums as early as possible. Don’t wait on the keys of your favorite series.

Rick L.

 

That's why I buy all of my key dates first then build the set afterwards. I haven't always been able to do that.

 

35 years ago I was living on a grad-student "salary", and knew a lot less about coins than I do now. Yeah, nominal-dollar prices were lower -- but if I'd tried to "buy the keys first" back then, it would've been very bad.

My advice: get really knowledgeable about your series and what you're looking for before buying the keys. And don't get too worked up looking at old auction or Red Book prices.