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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mcarney1173, post: 821660, member: 18741&quot;]Now that I’ve maintained a job for a couple years, I’ve been building my collection ever since. However, I noticed that after nearly $2,000.00 in spending, my collection had gotten nowhere. I have absolutely no focus or “specialty” in my collection. I will typically buy an Indian head cent, a morgan dollar, a barber half, a franklin half, a state quarter, some raw pre-1964 silver and I wasn’t focusing on any set completion whatsoever. With the recent purchase of that 1856 Quarter Eagle that I posted on a similar thread, I have become interested in U.S. Gold Coinage. I was thinking that I might sell many of the various raw coins that I have lost interest in and use the profits to begin a gold type set.&nbsp; &nbsp; I live in Philadelphia and the Whitman Show in September 2009 was an exciting experience.&nbsp; Because I was new to the hobby at the time, I hadn’t heard about that specific event until around September 15th.&nbsp; This short notice rendered me moneyless with only two weeks left until the show.&nbsp; I ended up going to the show with a mere $80.00 and ended up only submitting coins to ANACS.&nbsp; I stayed alert in 2010, looking for the first notices of the 2010 Philly Show.&nbsp; I found the dates on Whitman’s website (September 30-Oct. 2).&nbsp; Now I have more than enough time to sell some unwanted stuff to save money for the show.&nbsp; I believe the Gold Type Set will be a good idea.&nbsp; Before I began the type set, I would frantically spend just $20.00 per coin and most of the time I wasn’t satisfied with the results.&nbsp; A gold type set will force me to save money and give me time to consider all options.&nbsp; Based on that theory, I plan on just getting a one coin with the money that I can save between now and October.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ultimately, I would like to begin the type set from the top down, beginning with a St. Gaudens Double Eagle.&nbsp; My question in this thread is:&nbsp; <u>Would I be able to purchase a low mintage, common date St. Gaudens $20 in MS63 for under $1,500?</u>&nbsp; On that note, I had some other questions about double eagles.&nbsp; Right now I’m reading the novel DOUBLE EAGLE by Alison Frankel.&nbsp; From what I understand, many Saint Gaudens Double Eagles (abbreviated SGDE) were melted in 1933.&nbsp; <u>Of the common dates listed in the 2010 RedBook and listed below, are any dates or mintmarks more preferred to buy for a type set?</u>&nbsp; For example, I would not choose an 1885-O Morgan in MS63 as a Morgan Dollar Type coin.&nbsp; Although it’s a super-common date I would want a more extravagant common date.&nbsp; I searched “St. Gaudens” on CoinTalk and stumbled upon a BNB thread about a 1908-D he purchased raw.&nbsp; Someone mentioned that the Denver mintmark would be a preference as opposed to a Philadelphia in many cases.&nbsp; <u>So basically, which of the dates below would you personally choose for a Type Set based on mintage or meltage figures.</u></p><p><br /></p><p>Common Date SGDE’s:&nbsp; (I consider common dates to be less than 1500 dollars in the 2010 redbook in MS63) 1908 No Motto, 1908D No Motto, 1908D with motto, 1909S, 10D, 10S, 11D, 11S, 13D, 14, 14S, 15S, 16S, 20, 22, 23, 23D, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28</p><p><br /></p><p>Because this would be a huge purchase by anyone’s standards, I would like to approach this in the best way possible.&nbsp; Sorry I may have rambled but essentially, all I am asking is <u>Which common date SGDE would be the best choice to buy in MS63 for under 1500?</u>&nbsp; Thanks!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>edit:&nbsp; CoinFacts mentions that the 1928 (which is a common date) is &quot;very rare- most appear to have been melted&quot;...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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