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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FHDave, post: 358643, member: 7359&quot;]Bluenose, reading your posts as you have started in this wonderful, addictive, compulsive, obsessive, (have I missed one yet?) hobby reminds me of my own journey.&nbsp; I started as a kid, with a paper route, in the early 70s (yup, just dated myself to being older than a lot here, and younger than others).&nbsp; I would get paid with these old coins and just put them away.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to the State quarters program, and I found my passion re-ignited.&nbsp; Like you, I jumped in and started reading and then wanted to get everything at once.&nbsp; Luckily, my budget stopped me from doing anything so foolish, I started with mint products (proofs mostly) and a few Franklins and Kennedys.&nbsp; Then I wanted to actually finish a set, so I started collecting SBAs and IKEs (nice small sets).&nbsp; I&#039;ve finished both of them as far as one example of each date, mint mark and unc/proof.&nbsp; Then I started learning more about varieties, and the obsession to have a more complete set kicked in.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to instill a little bit of restraint, so I&#039;m not trying to collect the various double-dies, RPMs, etc that are out there, just the major varieties.&nbsp; I&#039;ve succeeded with the IKEs (including the 1972-P type II), but still don&#039;t have the type 2s for the SBA proofs (1979 and 1981).</p><p><br /></p><p>I do collect ASEs as well, but have limited myself to only collecting 1 of each uncirculated (not including the Ws).&nbsp; I&#039;ve fought off the urge to jump into the proofs and others (at least for now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ).</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on, but basically, I&#039;m trying to repeat what others have said.&nbsp; Let your interests determine what a set is.&nbsp; Like a lot of us, it will change over the years.&nbsp; You will start liking one type of coin, then change to something different, and maybe return back to old preferences again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy the trip and don&#039;t get too worked up about what a set is.&nbsp; It is exactly what you say it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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