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Message:: [QUOTE="Paul M., post: 3598175, member: 73165"]I'm one of those "perpetually working on a type set" collectors, but I'm doing things a little differently myself.  I'm not concerned about grade or rarity per se; rather, I just want a nice looking set.  So, basically, I'm focusing on eye appeal and neat varieties.  Color is great, if possible, too.  And, I'm actually not putting the coins in the album, just using it as a guide.  Most of my type set coins are MS, toned, and slabbed, now.  My lowest grade one is a VF-35 Seated Half that has some nice album toning. Yeah, it's funny.  In the <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-no-gold-1796-date/composition/7064" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-no-gold-1796-date/composition/7064" rel="nofollow">PCGS set registry</a>, they weight the Draped Bust Large Cent the same as the Classic Head, which I find silly.  I bet if you walked the floor of any major coin show looking for both coins in comparable grade with good eye appeal, you'd probably find 3 Draped Bust cents for every Classic Head you ran into.  So many Classic Head Cents just have junky surfaces and poor eye appeal.[/QUOTE]