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Message:: [QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 26108429, member: 36248"]Yeah, I have been struggling with this myself.  Some series there is so much nice stuff to pick from, it all feels easy in the early days of Type collecting.  Then you get to the hard stuff... 100% agree.  "No Drapery" of the various Seated Liberty coins is quite difficult.    I have been successful in slowly getting them all except the Half Dollar.  Since that is essentially a half-year Type, I doubt I will ever acquire it in grades I can afford.   I am very likely to eventually remove this Type from my "Affordable" 8080 Type Set definition, as I think it may not even be possible at all. Again, 100% agree.    I finally gave up trying to find an already CAC approved example, and after a year of searching, I bought a nice PCGS example that I think (hope?) will CAC sticker.    In fact, I shipped it out today! I have held out for CAC approved lower graded coins for many years, but eventually also bought the "arrows at date" in PCGS (no CAC) and shipped them out today after sitting on them many months.   We'll see! The half-dimes seem so much easier in this regards than the dimes. I already removed all the likely-impossible coins from my Type Set, so I understand your plight.   I likely have way more coins removed for this reason than your set, but in the end, I think both our sets will be quite a testament to this way of collecting. thanks for posting![/QUOTE]