Hey all. I'm enjoying collecting quite a lot, but unfortunately my wife and kids don't share my enthusiasm so I'm glad at least there is a place to go talk about our collections! I started out working on the 7070 type set, and I'm really close...only needing a Trade Dollar and one more Seated Dollar which I WILL get before the end of the year since finishing the 7070 in one year with all coins graded VG or better was my original goal. Of course as I progressed it kind of changed to VF or better but I'll settle for some VG's for now. I've gotten some really good deals along the way, taking my time and cherry picking some. Some of my favorites I am posting in the "grade my coin" section of the forum to see how well I did. As I approach the end of the U.S type set, I am thinking about where to go next. Possibly start working on the gold types, expanding the regular type set going back to the flowing hair, etc. The Barber Types are really eye appealing to me, fairly accessible and look like fun. I think about going after some key dates of other types, I'm still undecided. I'm not too keen on the 1909s VDB cent because it seems there are so many of them for the price they are. I really like rare types such as the Seated Dollar and 20 cent pieces, Draped bust in eye apealing condition. At this point I think I will focus on graded coins, though because the coins I look at are generally in the $100 and up price range now, whereas I started out buying a lot of coins in the $5-$20 range. I sold almost all my duplicate lesser graded types to upgrade some of my type set, and kept most of the VF and above coins I have. I also purchase a bit of bullion in the form of coin silver, and especially like it when I can grab some VG graded barbers, UNC Washingtons, SLQ's, Peace UNC's and Morgan Dollar UNC's at or near spot prices, which I do from time to time out of the dealer's boxes. So I guess I said all that to say that I'm stepping up to a better class of coins from the beginner that I was, but I still want to be careful...even moreso now that I'm spending more money on the hobby. I did buy a counterfeit 1853 Gold $2.50 that the dealer did take back....it was made of real gold though, curious. Just thankful I haven't been burned. Wow, there's a lot to learn in this hobby. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks
Awesome! Im still working on my 7070, but im more focusing on paper currency for now. I also started the gold page and just put it in my 7070 and im about 1/3 the way there on the gold page
