A typical date set of Buffalo Nickels contains 23 coins. I included one each of the first year types. I started this set January 3, 2005 and the last coin to complete the set was purchased on March 19, 2010. I initially wanted to stay MS64 and higher but budget constraints for a few of the purchases put me at the 63 level. The three coins that took me the longest to find an example that "spoke to me" were the '18, '21 and '24. I don't think I'll ever part with this set, but I do think I'll start upgrading eventually. Perhaps pick one TPG. Replace a few that have weak strikes. Get to that MS64 and higher level like I originally wanted to do. For now, I just enjoy the set how it is...............
Nice! An iconic coin and one I also like. I'm really enjoying people posting their box of 20 (or more ) collections.
In this set, the ones that I called out that were the hardest to find. Either because of lower mintage (10,663,000 for the '21) or because of surviving numbers in the MS grades.
Thanks, Bill. I've thought about filling in the mintmark for this set, but the heck of it is I would want to stay in MS and a few of them would be bank breaking for me ('24S and '26S).
