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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andrew289, post: 473056, member: 6463&quot;]Get a red book and read it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I saw the 2008 version for $2.99 at Books a million last weekend. Read up on the types of coins in your type set. Tear out the pages of the coins you want to collect and toss the rest. Look at the mintages and how many quality coins are known to exist from the low mintage years. Most likely those are the keys.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Type all of the type info and mintage data into a spread sheet and plot your course. You can design your ultimate set and can keep a running total. Now that you have the ultimate type set defined...go shopping and see whats really out there to be had.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You will know more about the coins that you want than you do right now and you will be armed with a guide to direct you. Just don&#039;t pay to much attention to red book prices. They are in no way current but give you a ballpark to work with.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Red the book and then buy the coin not the slab. There is something to be said for eye appeal all MS64s are not created equal. Cherrypick the purdy ones.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wonder how much a 34 coin type set in the best condition of the lowest mintages would be worth? $70-80,000? Do the math.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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