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<p>[QUOTE="oval_man, post: 1473419, member: 22602"]I was thinking "current" Red Book and lazily wrote 2012; my bad. However, the OP gives the impression he wants a loose approximation of cost simply as a starting point; any recent Red Book could give him that, or even his "2011 North American" guide.</p><p><br /></p><p>OP, you have several options but each depends on how much work/research you'd like to do (and, ultimately, how much you'd like to spend). For example, you could find a US dealer and have him assemble a basic type set for you. Even this, however, would require you to give him some guidelines as to the coin types and quality level (grade range) you'd like in your set. You say in your OP you'd like "low grade" coins but with "full details;" this is a contradiction in terms as low-grade coins don't have full details.</p><p><br /></p><p>You're going to need to do at least some basic research to define your parameters a bit more before anyone can really help you with this set. Roll searcher provided a good list of basic types; there is the Dansco 7070 album; there is also the "Official Red Book" guide to "United States Type Coins" to help you focus. Otherwise, it's your set to put together as you choose and there aren't really any shortcuts!</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, gbroke's $400 - $700 sounds low to me, but again, so much depends on the quality of coin you're wanting to go with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="oval_man, post: 1473419, member: 22602"]I was thinking "current" Red Book and lazily wrote 2012; my bad. However, the OP gives the impression he wants a loose approximation of cost simply as a starting point; any recent Red Book could give him that, or even his "2011 North American" guide. OP, you have several options but each depends on how much work/research you'd like to do (and, ultimately, how much you'd like to spend). For example, you could find a US dealer and have him assemble a basic type set for you. Even this, however, would require you to give him some guidelines as to the coin types and quality level (grade range) you'd like in your set. You say in your OP you'd like "low grade" coins but with "full details;" this is a contradiction in terms as low-grade coins don't have full details. You're going to need to do at least some basic research to define your parameters a bit more before anyone can really help you with this set. Roll searcher provided a good list of basic types; there is the Dansco 7070 album; there is also the "Official Red Book" guide to "United States Type Coins" to help you focus. Otherwise, it's your set to put together as you choose and there aren't really any shortcuts! BTW, gbroke's $400 - $700 sounds low to me, but again, so much depends on the quality of coin you're wanting to go with.[/QUOTE]
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