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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1958500, member: 36248&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="6">Grade Range Breakdown</font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="6">and Other Considerations</font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p><font size="4">I hear many people talked about a &quot;matched set&quot; of coins, particularly when someone is collecting by series, so they want every year and mint-mark (and variety) and the coins to have a roughly consistent grade and look.&nbsp; &nbsp; The reason for doing so is obvious, it gives the collection a sense of consistency and completeness.&nbsp;&nbsp; For most people, looking at a set of coins that appear to belong together is better than a set of coins where half are blast-white, and the other half are toners.&nbsp; Or a set that has 50% in circulated grades, and 50% in mint-state preservation.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">However, since Type Sets are inherently &quot;different&quot; looking, there is potentially more flexibility.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many sophisticated collectors may still prefer to have the set approximately grade matched and color matches for the silver coins (either toned or white).&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">When I started my set, my goals were different.&nbsp; I knew that I would never be able to own a CAC Type Set of coins that were all MS grades, and I didnt want one that were all circulated.&nbsp;&nbsp; I already owned a few nice MS coins I wanted to include in my set.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, my primary goals were as follows:</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><ul> <li><font size="4">CAC approved for every coin possible</font></li> <li><font size="4">&lt; $350 for every coin possible</font></li> <li><font size="4">Business Strike coins only</font></li> <li><font size="4">Coins that I found appealing</font></li> <li><font size="4">Coins that well represented the &quot;Type&quot;</font></li> <li><font size="4">Some Toners / Some White coins</font></li> <li>Some Mint-State / Some Circulated coins</li> <li>Some NGC / Some PCGS</li> <li>F12 to MS70 only * (this stipulation was later removed)</li> <li>No gold *&nbsp; (this stipulation was later removed)</li> <li>No tokens / medals / Patterns *&nbsp; (this stipulation was later removed)</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">In the end, I removed the last three conditions as I started to complete the set.&nbsp;&nbsp; Blame [USER=16994]@LostDutchman[/USER] for getting me into gold.&nbsp; &nbsp; Blame tokens, colonials, and others for being so darned cool I had to have an example.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">So for me, I was willing to buy a nice coin between Fine-12 and MS70.&nbsp; When I later found a VG10, the bottom grade was lowered, and then I found a G6 I loved so I scrapped the bottom grade idea, especially after I realized some coins were barely affordable to me even in FR2.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I am very firm on the no-proof policy.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am just plain sick of proofs.&nbsp;&nbsp; But at some point I may need to venture into the $350-$500 coins.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Later on, I realized much like some other collector (and especially [USER=31630]@conder[/USER]), I&#039;m really interested in the evolution of the NGC &amp; PCGS slabs.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I also tacked on a goal to get a few coins in fancy holders, like the NGC Fatty and the PCGS Doily.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">So my set was never really going to look &quot;matched&quot;, but I was and am totally fine with that.&nbsp; I want to show people what a very worn but problem-free coin looks like.&nbsp; And what a high mint-state coins looks like.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only real common theme is the CAC stickers.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p>Here is the grade variation as my Type set looks today, July 28, 2014:</p><p><br /></p><p>[table][tr][td]GRADE[/td][td]COUNT[/td][/tr][tr][td]6[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]10[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]12[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]25[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]30[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]35[/td][td]2[/td][/tr][tr][td]40[/td][td]5[/td][/tr][tr][td]45[/td][td]6[/td][/tr][tr][td]50[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]53[/td][td]3[/td][/tr][tr][td]55[/td][td]3[/td][/tr][tr][td]58[/td][td]5[/td][/tr][tr][td]62[/td][td]2[/td][/tr][tr][td]63[/td][td]2[/td][/tr][tr][td]64[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]65[/td][td]14[/td][/tr][tr][td]66[/td][td]7[/td][/tr][tr][td]67[/td][td]2[/td][/tr][tr][td]70[/td][td]1[/td][/tr][tr][td]TOTAL[/td][td]59[/td][/tr][/table]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am missing 11 grades, and in the end, I want them ALL represented.&nbsp; I will need to acquire coins with numeric grades of:&nbsp; 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 20, 60, 61, 68, and 69.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, I would also like to have at least one coin from each of the mints:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Philadelphia, PA Mint</li> <li>San Francisco, CA Mint</li> <li>Denver, CO Mint</li> <li>Dahlonega, GA Mint</li> <li>West Point Academy Mint</li> <li>Carson City, NV Mint</li> <li>New Orleans, LA Mint</li> <li>Charlotte, NC Mint</li> </ol><p>I currently only have 5 of the 8 mints represented.&nbsp; Add it to my to-do list.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":writer:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking,</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>