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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 40608, member: 68"]There are lots of good coins in circulation. I've been saving circulating quarters only since 1997 and have gone through only about 21,000 coins so far. From these there are now about 85 coins in my variety collection and I have another 100 great duplicates. All of the later coins are beautiful AU or UNC and most of the early coins are nive XF. There are a few that are only VF. I have 20 of the varieties so far but only one of the scarce varieties, but they're mostly in grades that are unobtainable elsewhere. It will only be a couple more years before this collection can not be duplicated from circulation. Many of these coins will be virtually impossible to find elsewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can do this with any of the denominations but I chose quarters since they are so readily available and have large numbers of varieties. Buy a blue folder for the coins of your choice and have fun. Mistakes from bankrolls will not prove costly but do start a library immediately. There are books out on all the denominations except quarters and you'll need the general reference works for post 1964 varieties. Check out the CONECA website for doubled dies on quarters. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you're interested I can give you a list of a few common quarter varieties to help get you started.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 40608, member: 68"]There are lots of good coins in circulation. I've been saving circulating quarters only since 1997 and have gone through only about 21,000 coins so far. From these there are now about 85 coins in my variety collection and I have another 100 great duplicates. All of the later coins are beautiful AU or UNC and most of the early coins are nive XF. There are a few that are only VF. I have 20 of the varieties so far but only one of the scarce varieties, but they're mostly in grades that are unobtainable elsewhere. It will only be a couple more years before this collection can not be duplicated from circulation. Many of these coins will be virtually impossible to find elsewhere. You can do this with any of the denominations but I chose quarters since they are so readily available and have large numbers of varieties. Buy a blue folder for the coins of your choice and have fun. Mistakes from bankrolls will not prove costly but do start a library immediately. There are books out on all the denominations except quarters and you'll need the general reference works for post 1964 varieties. Check out the CONECA website for doubled dies on quarters. If you're interested I can give you a list of a few common quarter varieties to help get you started.[/QUOTE]
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