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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2926347, member: 10461"]I had a leftover Amazon gift card balance to burn, and the coins I saw for sale on there are for the most part rubbish or heinously overpriced - or both - so ... I went for this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need another collection like I need a hole in my head. In fact, I recently decided to sell off my secondary love token collection to feed my primary "Eclectic Box" collection, which gets pretty much all of my (very modest) discretionary money.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I figured I'd try this one out for a little while as a very casual sideline, fill some holes (maybe even try for 50% completion), and then sell it onwards to someone who wants to complete it. I've never collected silver dollars before, aside from the few pieces I've needed for type sets (But I <i>am</i> a three-time veteran of the classic Dansco 7070 Type album).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I thought this might be fun. I'm sure some of y'all have done it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I figure I'll go for just common mid-grade Morgans, say F-VF, but with nice original grey looks. Like the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/">CircCam</a> look I'm so into. Ditto for the Peace dollars. Just nice grey circs in VF-XF. I'd go all UNC for the Ikes and Susies.</p><p><br /></p><p>This should be fun without being too horribly expensive, I think, at least for a while (by which time I will likely sell or swap the partial set, as mentioned, rather than struggle with the tougher holes). But in the meantime, I figure can assemble a pleasant, affordable "starter set", for as close to melt as possible. Common circs with modest value but good eye appeal. What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]709684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709688[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709690[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709691[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2926347, member: 10461"]I had a leftover Amazon gift card balance to burn, and the coins I saw for sale on there are for the most part rubbish or heinously overpriced - or both - so ... I went for this. I need another collection like I need a hole in my head. In fact, I recently decided to sell off my secondary love token collection to feed my primary "Eclectic Box" collection, which gets pretty much all of my (very modest) discretionary money. But I figured I'd try this one out for a little while as a very casual sideline, fill some holes (maybe even try for 50% completion), and then sell it onwards to someone who wants to complete it. I've never collected silver dollars before, aside from the few pieces I've needed for type sets (But I [I]am[/I] a three-time veteran of the classic Dansco 7070 Type album). Anyway, I thought this might be fun. I'm sure some of y'all have done it. I figure I'll go for just common mid-grade Morgans, say F-VF, but with nice original grey looks. Like the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/']CircCam[/URL] look I'm so into. Ditto for the Peace dollars. Just nice grey circs in VF-XF. I'd go all UNC for the Ikes and Susies. This should be fun without being too horribly expensive, I think, at least for a while (by which time I will likely sell or swap the partial set, as mentioned, rather than struggle with the tougher holes). But in the meantime, I figure can assemble a pleasant, affordable "starter set", for as close to melt as possible. Common circs with modest value but good eye appeal. What do you think? [ATTACH=full]709684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709688[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709690[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]709691[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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