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Message:: [QUOTE="debordj, post: 2017203, member: 23344"]By far my most rewarding endeavor has been creating birth year sets for my two sons.  One 2002 and one 2004.  I decided to go NGC graded, one sample of each, PF70 for the proofs and MS67 or above for the Business Strikes.  I won't give them to them until they are grown and stable (don't want them to sell them for something dumb).  I have the big gold and platinum to go and a few of the harder business strikes to find (dimes for 2002 and the nickles for 2004). Modern and not too expensive, but I think about all the time when they are in their 60s they may appreciate it and pass them down to someone else. I am also really proud of my full set of BU franklins in a Dansco album and have all the proofs with the exception of 1951. As seen from my other thread, I'm close to being done with my Dansco 7070.  I love that album and each of the 20th century coins all have some significance in the year (for example, the silver washington quarter is a 1951 the year of my mothers birth.)  I keep a detailed spreadsheet of when and where I got them and if they have any significance to me. So, not really a "focus" but I collect to pass down to my sons - that are also things that I like.  My grandfather gave me some coins when I was in college and that is how I got started.  A few of them are even in my 7070 album![/QUOTE]