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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 7346790, member: 106826&quot;]PS - [USER=104740]@Kristen Nicole[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>So it got me wondering - how far do you think you would get building a set of Jefferson Nickels from the loose change abandoned in vehicles, found on the floor, tucked in one of those nooks and crannies?&nbsp; Could you build a set from 1964 to present?&nbsp; Perhaps from an earlier date?&nbsp; In that case, appearances might be set aside to just fill a spot in an album.&nbsp; When I built my first Jefferson Nickel set from circulation, I wasn&#039;t fussy about the condition or appearance of the coin.&nbsp; Just filled a hole.&nbsp; When I completed that, I thought about all the better condition coins I had accumulated.&nbsp; The new challenge was whether or not I could build a VF or better series.&nbsp; I did.&nbsp; So then I challenged myself to build a VF/XF set prior to 1955, AU or better 1956 forward.&nbsp; What you see is that the challenge kept changing.&nbsp; That&#039;s when I challenged myself to see how complete a set I could build in a 12 month window, trading out previous finds during the year with the best find for a date/mm during the challenge.&nbsp; I was also setting aside some of the environmentally damaged coins along the way.&nbsp; The coins for that set remain in a container waiting for me to pop into an album.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also started circulation find sets for V Nickels and Buffalo Nickels.&nbsp; There are some fairly ugly Buffalo Nickels in my set, but it is a circulation find and more important for me...at the moment...to fill a spot than to worry about appearances.&nbsp; It gives me a challenge...and that appeals to me the most.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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