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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 1641428, member: 41863&quot;]I kind of agree with Detecto on this one. There are some sets that are quite lofty and you had better either have a real big boy job or just have deep pockets to complete. The mercury dimes are tough enough so I can only imagine the Barbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to pick out years that are significant to me and build type sets around that particular year. Currently I am working on 2 different year sets similar to how i described with a possible 3rd budding.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am working on an 1892 set with higher grade cleaned coins. Why you might ask did i put together a set of cleaned coins? Easy, my grandfather gave me an 1892 Barber half that was in an old ANACS holder that was AU-Details grade, in that same lot he gave me about 7 other coins of which 2 were raw 1892 Barber quarters, once they came back from NGC they too were AU-Details due to cleaning, but now I had a dilemma, what to do with my grandfathers coins, and how to build on it. So i set out to find some other cleaned 1892 coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I now have:</p><p><br /></p><p>1892 Indian Head Cent AU-Details (Bent)</p><p>1892 Barber Dime AU-Details (Cleaned) Still beautiful coin though</p><p>1892 Barber Quarter AU-Details (Cleaned) </p><p>1892-O Barber Quarter AU-Details (Cleaned)</p><p>1892 Barber Half Dollar AU-Details (Cleaned) Net Grade EF-45 One of my all time favorites</p><p>1892 Columbian Exposition Half XF-Details (Cleaned)</p><p>1892 Morgan Dollar XF-Details (Cleaned) Waiting on arrival</p><p><br /></p><p>The only 1892 Coin I am missing is the &#039;V&#039; Nickel and it just seems there arent very many of those sent in to be graded let alone coming back as XF/AU-Details grade. So I may purchase a nice AU/BU example and improperly clean it on purpose to send it for my set, but thats if i dont find one in the next 3-5 years or so, not in any hurry, but one way or another I will complete this set for most circulating coins from 1892!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also working on a problem free set from 1909 in AU-MS grades, this was a nice transition year and isnt a very difficult set to complete aside from the Gold issues. The $10 and $20 Eagles will hold me for a while on this set, but I dont have any stupid Commemorative Halves to slow me down either, which was just by pure happenstance, as I only chose 1909 since it was the founding year of my fraternity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other year set I am working on and it will probably be the most difficult and something i will work on for many years to come is an 1833 set. I havent decided on the grade to pursue, or done much research on the availability of the coins, but I have a beautiful 1833 half-cent and recently ran across a nice Capped Bust Half from the same year, so im likely to go that route one day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thats to go along with all my other sets to complete, but its nice to have several areas to fill in and keep things interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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