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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 24797088, member: 20480&quot;]I think it wiser to assume the keys to the set should be included, and target building a set of coins in that grade in which you find those more approachable.&nbsp; This does a few things, it establishes greater certainty as to completion of the set, it ensures that you should feel a greater sense of satisfaction when complete and, on the back end when you or your heirs wish to sell there will be more competition and higher offers for your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could focus on building a collection with outstanding uniformity of natural appearance (in other words, don&#039;t just buy any old coins in the same technical grade and then mess with them all so they look the same). </p><p><br /></p><p>The challenges need not be lesser just because you are collecting lower grade coins.&nbsp; In fact, they may actually be greater.&nbsp; When was the last time you saw an 1880-S or 1881-S Morgan Dollar grading VF?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen a few collections that impressed me as much as the most beautiful mint state collections have . . . notably sets of Morgan Dollars, Standing Liberty Quarters (still underway, AFAIK) and especially Buffalo Nickels.&nbsp; I cannot imagine how difficult it was to assemble that set of Buffaloes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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