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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 211985, member: 4626"]Except for some recent proofs, most of my collection is fairly well circulated. I always aim for as good a condition as I can afford, but don't mind pieces that look like they've seen some history and weren't just tucked away in a box right after it was minted. Trying to get a US type set done and have more interest in that than in series... though my first start in coin collecting was trying to finish the Lincoln cent series, and hope to finish that some day. Have the Kennedy half business strikes done... some well circulated, some uncirculated or nearly so.</p><p><br /></p><p>My huge foreign coin set is made up entirely of circulated coins... few of them I actually bought, most are from my travels or the travels of firends and family. Quite a few are from US circulation lol... you'd be amazed about how many coins migrate here and get mixed in with US coinage. The few foreign coins I actually bought are mostly Japanese coins (I love Meiji era coins from when their modern coinage was just getting started.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one coin in a slab, a 1986 Statue of Liberty half dollar. I had it put in one myself because I no longer had the original packaging and the plastic capsule it came in was scratched. Despite being PF-69 DCAM it still isn't worth what it cost to slab it lol... but did it for presentation purposes not investment purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 211985, member: 4626"]Except for some recent proofs, most of my collection is fairly well circulated. I always aim for as good a condition as I can afford, but don't mind pieces that look like they've seen some history and weren't just tucked away in a box right after it was minted. Trying to get a US type set done and have more interest in that than in series... though my first start in coin collecting was trying to finish the Lincoln cent series, and hope to finish that some day. Have the Kennedy half business strikes done... some well circulated, some uncirculated or nearly so. My huge foreign coin set is made up entirely of circulated coins... few of them I actually bought, most are from my travels or the travels of firends and family. Quite a few are from US circulation lol... you'd be amazed about how many coins migrate here and get mixed in with US coinage. The few foreign coins I actually bought are mostly Japanese coins (I love Meiji era coins from when their modern coinage was just getting started.) I only have one coin in a slab, a 1986 Statue of Liberty half dollar. I had it put in one myself because I no longer had the original packaging and the plastic capsule it came in was scratched. Despite being PF-69 DCAM it still isn't worth what it cost to slab it lol... but did it for presentation purposes not investment purposes.[/QUOTE]
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