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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 24853852, member: 36248&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><b>Reintroducing geekpryde&#039;s &quot;Box of 100&quot; CAC Type Set</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>My collection is growing again, after taking just about 10 years off from buying coins, I am back to actively collecting again as of a few months ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; I pulled out all my coins from the safe deposit box and have sent in coins to NGC for slabbing &amp; re-slabbing, those coins then went to CAC to get re-stickered, and also I finally joined PCGS and have sent coins into them for both photographs in-slab (yes, they do that) and also I will be sending in a few coins soon to get re-slabbed that were just scratched beyond belief.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/geekprydes-us-type-set-progress-update.249529/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/geekprydes-us-type-set-progress-update.249529/">Here is a Thread from 2014 about by Type Set</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (link added 9.21.2024)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am currently in a major reorganization, reordering the coins in my fixed-size collection, under “Box of 100” rules like many other collectors here on CoinTalk have done.&nbsp; One has to go out if I want to bring a new coin in, except that I have not even hit 100 coins total yet. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even though I have not filled by 100 spots, I have sold two or three coins a few years ago that bothered me for various reasons, and I knew that I no longer wanted them in my permanent collection.&nbsp; I am only now looking for and buying replacements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking a que from [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER], I will now also name my collection:&nbsp; “<b>The Maine One Hundred Coin Type Set</b>”.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need a better name than that!&nbsp; A more apt name would be:&nbsp; <i>&quot;100 Business Strike Type Coins from the United States that are less than $500 and mostly CAC approved.&quot;</i> But that doesn&#039;t exactly roll off the tongue. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I personally enjoy type collecting far more than collecting all dates and MM of a particular series.&nbsp; &nbsp; The overall &quot;Theme&quot; of the collection is to present the various big and small coin Designs over the last ~230 years of all denominations.&nbsp; &nbsp; I want to show as many &quot;Types&quot; over the history of the United States I can while remaining affordable to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Borrowing from my own post in another thread, Here are my self-imposed rules for my &quot;Box of 100&quot; coins:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>1. The coins must have been struck by the US Mint OR under a contract with the US Government (such as the Fugio Cent).</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The coins will be Limited to Business strikes, NO proofs.&nbsp; (I do make a couple of exceptions for SMS coins)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. I only include coins I actually like.&nbsp;&nbsp; So that means I mostly skip modern coin designs, therefore I am not trying to be exhaustive with getting one coin of every type.&nbsp; Just most types.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. All coins will be slabbed by either PCGS or NGC, (or CACG)</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Require a CAC coin when it&#039;s a stickered type.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. All coins in the affordable Price range of $50-$500 per coin.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I like to have a variety of grades for the coins, I do NOT have a consistent all-MS or all-circulated grades, so I include the gamut of low balls to super high grades.&nbsp;&nbsp; For many coins, this is dictated simply by price. If I can have a representative sample for the Type in high mint-state that I can afford I will include it, but I also love a good circulated-cameo coin with a low numeric grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a mini-Theme within my overall theme for &#039;cool&#039; Slabs when possible.&nbsp; &nbsp; I enjoy the various slab generations from PCGS and NCG over the years.&nbsp; So I will highlight that for coins here and there with full slab shots.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will be updating this post as new coins come in, or with any other updates I may have,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoy,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- geekpryde&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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