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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1614688, member: 15309&quot;]LGL,</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, if you think that Tim&#039;s list is good, then my advice for you is to learn a little more about how to build a type set.&nbsp; Before I started my Jefferson Nickel collection, I almost completed a certified rainbow toned 20th Century Type Set.&nbsp; Your first move should be to buy David Lange&#039;s book on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Assembling-Ideal-20th-century-reprint-Numismatist/dp/0896370216" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Assembling-Ideal-20th-century-reprint-Numismatist/dp/0896370216" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PNB9GFZDL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The whole idea behind a type set is to buy the highest quality specimen for each series focusing on the common dates that best show all of the intended detail.&nbsp; This usually means that you want to purchase a high grade common date coin from early in the series.&nbsp; Limiting yourself to $1,000 for the entire set will leave you with a basically subpar typeset full of coins that nobody wants.&nbsp; You would be much better off buying a partial set and focusing on quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what I would buy with the $1,000 and focusing on NGC graded material.&nbsp; I chose NGC simply to make your money go longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln Cent:&nbsp; 1909 VDB MS66 RD $200</p><p>Jefferson Nickel:&nbsp; 1940-D MS67 5FS $150</p><p>Jefferson War Nickel:&nbsp; 1943-D MS67 5FS $100</p><p>Mercury Dime:&nbsp; 1939-D MS67 FB $150</p><p>Washington Quarter:&nbsp; 1939 MS67 $200</p><p>Walking Liberty Half Dollar:&nbsp; 1936 MS66 $200</p><p><br /></p><p>When building a type set, you are looking for a spectacular example with a great strike and above average luster.&nbsp; People think that building a quality type set is easy.&nbsp; It is not!&nbsp; Your patience must rival that of the date/mm collector.&nbsp; Before you buy a coin for your type set, ask yourself this question.&nbsp; What makes this coin special?&nbsp; If you can&#039;t answer the question, don&#039;t buy the coin.&nbsp; I will tell you that I never was able to find a suitable specimen for any of the Barber coinage.&nbsp; If you would like to see any of the example from my toned typeset, let me know which coin you would like to see, and I will post a photo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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