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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 653186, member: 15309"]You have me a little confused. Are you collecting a series or building a type set? You stated you want 1 each of 6 coins but only listed 4 series of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would forget the rebook as a price guide. If you are looking to build a type set of coins the best way is to identify the most common dates for each series. Once you have done that, you can research at what grade is worth between $500-$600.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Morgan Dollars:</b> The quintessential type coin has always been and always will be the 1881-S. For $600, you can probably find a low end MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mercury Dime: </b> 1939, 1939-D, and most of the issues from 1941-1945. For this series you need to decide if full bands (FB) is important to you. If not, you can easily obtain an MS68 for way less than $500. For a full band example in MS68, you will need about $750-$850.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Buffalo Nickels:</b> The 1938-D was the last issue and saved in great numbers in uncirculated condition. A very easy choice for a type coin. The 1938-D Buffalo Nickel in MS67 is very affordable between $100-$200. The 1938-D in MS68 is big money so if you really want a coin of about $500-$600, I suggest buying a 1938-D/S in MS67 which will run you between $800-$900 or wait for a supebly toned 1938-D in MS67 to hit the market.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SLQ's:</b> This series is very expensive and it will be difficult to find any date above MS65 for $500-$600. However there are plenty of dates in MS65 that fall in that range. They are as follows: 1917 T2, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1924-D, 1925, 1926, 1926-D, 1927, 1928, 1928-D, 1928-S, 1929, 1929-D, 1929-S, 1930, & 1930-S.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, you don't need to watch Heritage auctions for several months. They have already done that for you. If you know what coin you want, simply go to the archives and search the date/mm & grade and it will provide you with every coin ever sold in that condition starting with the most recent. The will also summarize the last five auction prices for every coin in the listing.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice is to make a list of the type coins that you want and enter them into your Heritage want list. Instead of budgeting $500-$600 for each coin, budget $3000-$3600 for the entire collection and buy what you want. For example you could have purchased the following type coins over the last few months for $2,310.</p><p><br /></p><p>1938-D/S MS67 NGC CAC Buffalo Nickel: $750</p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=468" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=468" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=468</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1881-S MS67 Morgan Dollar NGC CAC: $750</p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1126&Lot_No=9389#photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1126&Lot_No=9389#photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1126&Lot_No=9389#photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1942-D MS68 Mercury Dime PCGS OGH: $350</p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1124&Lot_No=7863#photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1124&Lot_No=7863#photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1124&Lot_No=7863#photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1926 MS65 SLQ PCGS OGH: $460</p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=7651#photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=7651#photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=7651#photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You notice that using this method, there is no need to trade up to MS66's in the future since you already have MS67 & MS68's.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, I just wrote all this and realized you wanted to spend only $300 on each coin. My bad, but no sweat, just knock the Buffalo and Morgan down to MS66 and you should be fine. Good luck my friend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 653186, member: 15309"]You have me a little confused. Are you collecting a series or building a type set? You stated you want 1 each of 6 coins but only listed 4 series of coins. I would forget the rebook as a price guide. If you are looking to build a type set of coins the best way is to identify the most common dates for each series. Once you have done that, you can research at what grade is worth between $500-$600. [B]Morgan Dollars:[/B] The quintessential type coin has always been and always will be the 1881-S. For $600, you can probably find a low end MS67. [B]Mercury Dime: [/B] 1939, 1939-D, and most of the issues from 1941-1945. For this series you need to decide if full bands (FB) is important to you. If not, you can easily obtain an MS68 for way less than $500. For a full band example in MS68, you will need about $750-$850. [B]Buffalo Nickels:[/B] The 1938-D was the last issue and saved in great numbers in uncirculated condition. A very easy choice for a type coin. The 1938-D Buffalo Nickel in MS67 is very affordable between $100-$200. The 1938-D in MS68 is big money so if you really want a coin of about $500-$600, I suggest buying a 1938-D/S in MS67 which will run you between $800-$900 or wait for a supebly toned 1938-D in MS67 to hit the market. [B]SLQ's:[/B] This series is very expensive and it will be difficult to find any date above MS65 for $500-$600. However there are plenty of dates in MS65 that fall in that range. They are as follows: 1917 T2, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1924-D, 1925, 1926, 1926-D, 1927, 1928, 1928-D, 1928-S, 1929, 1929-D, 1929-S, 1930, & 1930-S. In addition, you don't need to watch Heritage auctions for several months. They have already done that for you. If you know what coin you want, simply go to the archives and search the date/mm & grade and it will provide you with every coin ever sold in that condition starting with the most recent. The will also summarize the last five auction prices for every coin in the listing. My advice is to make a list of the type coins that you want and enter them into your Heritage want list. Instead of budgeting $500-$600 for each coin, budget $3000-$3600 for the entire collection and buy what you want. For example you could have purchased the following type coins over the last few months for $2,310. 1938-D/S MS67 NGC CAC Buffalo Nickel: $750 [URL]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=468[/URL] 1881-S MS67 Morgan Dollar NGC CAC: $750 [URL]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1126&Lot_No=9389#photo[/URL] 1942-D MS68 Mercury Dime PCGS OGH: $350 [URL]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1124&Lot_No=7863#photo[/URL] 1926 MS65 SLQ PCGS OGH: $460 [URL]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&Lot_No=7651#photo[/URL] You notice that using this method, there is no need to trade up to MS66's in the future since you already have MS67 & MS68's. Wow, I just wrote all this and realized you wanted to spend only $300 on each coin. My bad, but no sweat, just knock the Buffalo and Morgan down to MS66 and you should be fine. Good luck my friend.[/QUOTE]
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