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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samclemens3991, post: 26606959, member: 82181&quot;]Merry Christmas.&nbsp; Todays coin is my (SM Wht Anac Hldr)&nbsp; 1868 VF 35 Seated Half Dollar.&nbsp; One of the great joys of my life was building a fairly comprehensive set of Seated Halves.&nbsp; My original goal had been to do a date set (only lacked 1852); but I ended up with just under 100 coins.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; One question most folks( new collectors etc.) want to ask about a collection is &quot;Are there any sleeper dates?&quot;&nbsp; The answer is yes.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone out there who wants to build some sort of Seated Half set should know this:&nbsp; The Philly coins from 1862 to 1868 are going to take you WAY longer than you ever dreamed.&nbsp; If you check the combined NGC/PCGS population of 1868 coins you will find 256 coins.&nbsp; Just for example, 1869 has a combined pop of 626.&nbsp; Not like there are thousands but still; you have 3 times the chance of getting the 69. (Yes I knoe this is not a NGC/PCGS coin but the ratio stays similar).&nbsp; James</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1696000[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1696002[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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