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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 1731142, member: 3726&quot;]First - welcome to the forum.&nbsp; Second see above about cleaning and storage.&nbsp; Third - if you are going to do a type set I do not think you need to be an expert on all of the coins, but you do need to know enough about the grading to make a purchase.&nbsp; Will it be raw or graded?&nbsp; If you are not very familiar with grading then learn some more, but buy already graded coins.&nbsp; If you are going to buy raw then learn to buy problem free coins - having a trusted dealer will help with this. I would also say don&#039;t be shy about buying any books that you think will help. One book in general is a United States Coinage: A study by type by Ron Guth and Jeff Garrett. I think this is intended to be what they think should be in a type set, but you do not have to included everything they did or even any of the gold.&nbsp; A lot of people like a matching set - as close to a specified grade as possible. Personally I think if I did a complete type set it would contain some high grade and low grade coins.&nbsp; And if I did a set it would be a graded set. This is all just my opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least the most rewarding set I have is my large cents.&nbsp; The album is complete (well so far I have not cracked 3 key varieties to put in it), except for one coin.&nbsp; I have the requisite Lincoln album and IHC albums(need a couple of coins), but not as rewarding as doing the large cent albums. I have some other sets, but nothing as rewarding or as fun as large cents. Forgot to mention down to 1 coin for the album and it will be a real toughie(1793 liberty cap).</p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00905.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00905.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00905.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00906.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00906.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00906.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00907.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00907.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00907.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00908.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00908.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00908.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00909.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00909.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00909.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00910.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/DSC00910.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/DSC00910.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Still in holders:</p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1793-C-2.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1793-C-2.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/1793-C-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1804-o-horz_zpsf276e152.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1804-o-horz_zpsf276e152.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/1804-o-horz_zpsf276e152.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1839-6-o-horz_zpsfe2619a8.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s209.photobucket.com/user/coinmarks/media/1839-6-o-horz_zpsfe2619a8.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/coinmarks/1839-6-o-horz_zpsfe2619a8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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