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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 2297078, member: 24633"]First, welcome to the neighborhood [USER=76634]@xmaswife[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>This sort of subject comes up from time to time. It always receives a bunch of different suggestions, and your thread is no different. I was already thinking of the Classic Commemorative set when I saw Jim's, aka desertgem, post. The Classic Commems are half dollar, legal tender coins that were produced from year to year to offset the cost of the celebrations in a particular state, area or for a person. They were struck from 1892 to 1954. You can collect a short set by year which is about 54 coins or you can collect a complete set of date/mintmark which is 144 coins. (Someone correct me if my numbers are wrong.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 2297078, member: 24633"]First, welcome to the neighborhood [USER=76634]@xmaswife[/USER] ! This sort of subject comes up from time to time. It always receives a bunch of different suggestions, and your thread is no different. I was already thinking of the Classic Commemorative set when I saw Jim's, aka desertgem, post. The Classic Commems are half dollar, legal tender coins that were produced from year to year to offset the cost of the celebrations in a particular state, area or for a person. They were struck from 1892 to 1954. You can collect a short set by year which is about 54 coins or you can collect a complete set of date/mintmark which is 144 coins. (Someone correct me if my numbers are wrong.) Chris[/QUOTE]
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