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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2364775, member: 19165"]I wouldn't say your question was "inept," I would more likely say it was "imprecise." </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, most of my Lincoln "collection" is a date set, raw in an old Whitman album. Thus, for my collecting purposes, what I wanted was a set of 64/65 coins that were fairly attractive. Many dealers will sell a complete set of all 7 varieties for a few bucks (I bought mine several years ago, $10 for the whole set). Mine are attractive, spot-free red coins, and perfectly suited to my purposes. </p><p><br /></p><p>What you should buy depends largely on your collecting goals. Are you looking to build an inexpensive UNC set? Are you looking to build a set from circulation? (you can easily find all of these in pocket change - you just have to look for them) Are you looking to buy a high grade, competitive Registry set? Are you just looking for them because they are cool, and the grade doesn't matter? Are you building a set, or are you getting whatever looks cool at the time? (both are perfectly okay, although I strongly prefer the set-building approach) </p><p><br /></p><p>My purchases are driven by my goals - your goals (and hence, purchases) will almost certainly be different. </p><p><br /></p><p>This may be a slightly different way of thinking about things, but as you grow as a collector you will begin to ask these questions for yourself (that is, what are *my* goals in purchasing these), and then you can answer these questions for yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2364775, member: 19165"]I wouldn't say your question was "inept," I would more likely say it was "imprecise." Well, most of my Lincoln "collection" is a date set, raw in an old Whitman album. Thus, for my collecting purposes, what I wanted was a set of 64/65 coins that were fairly attractive. Many dealers will sell a complete set of all 7 varieties for a few bucks (I bought mine several years ago, $10 for the whole set). Mine are attractive, spot-free red coins, and perfectly suited to my purposes. What you should buy depends largely on your collecting goals. Are you looking to build an inexpensive UNC set? Are you looking to build a set from circulation? (you can easily find all of these in pocket change - you just have to look for them) Are you looking to buy a high grade, competitive Registry set? Are you just looking for them because they are cool, and the grade doesn't matter? Are you building a set, or are you getting whatever looks cool at the time? (both are perfectly okay, although I strongly prefer the set-building approach) My purchases are driven by my goals - your goals (and hence, purchases) will almost certainly be different. This may be a slightly different way of thinking about things, but as you grow as a collector you will begin to ask these questions for yourself (that is, what are *my* goals in purchasing these), and then you can answer these questions for yourself.[/QUOTE]
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