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Message:: [QUOTE="sesop, post: 798312, member: 19386"]hi,after a long time in vintage baseball cards, i'm in coins. i'm familiar with the "buy the book before the..," and "buy the..., not the slab," as both are relevant in cards too. i find myself pulled towards Indian Head Cents in PCGS MS63+, although a few months ago I was into raw civil war tokens. the idea of assembling a full set is appealing, but I also like the idea of having a collection with no central theme, but instead, the highest grades of the most scarce issues i can afford. the part of me that wants the set is the setbuilding type. the part of me that likes the mishmash approach likes a variety of coins. the problem is the internal conflict. s satisfying as a full set of IHC's would be, there would be a piece of me always longing for something different. If I had the mishmas, regardless of how high the grade, I may regret not building a cohesive set. I'm all over the place and am looking for some perspective, but not in generalities. I don't mean to sound ungrateful for the wisdom of "buy what you like-" but I'm looking for something more specific- like- "I build sets because I like completing something," or "I buy the highest grade of whatever I like at any given moment because when it comes time to sell, that will be a better return." This isn't about an investment for me, but it does occur to me that someone someday, maybe even me, might want to sell, and when that day comes, am I more likely to get more of my money back from a full set of MS+ IHCs  or a high-grade, scarce mishmash? ANy collecting approach/strategy/advice, etc, is appreciated. What do you buy? Why?[/QUOTE]

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