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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 22051775, member: 24754&quot;]I probably won&#039;t bother with the registry sets, last thing I need is to add a competitive component to my already expensive coin habit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>My primary focus is Roman and Ancient/Medieval British coins. The US collection will be something like a side project. I mostly like to have these coins around because I enjoy showing them to friends and family. They tend to get a kick out of US coins in particular because they are unaware that most of the types had ever even existed. The oddball denominations (2,3,20 Cent, half dimes, etc) are particularly entertaining.</p><p><br /></p><p>The raw coins do the trick, but I&#039;ve become a big fan of slabs since then, and I&#039;ve fallen into the fallacious thinking of &quot;If it&#039;s not slabbed then it&#039;s not official&quot;. Plus, I&#039;d like to put together a more complete set that can be stored in the same fashion as my other coins (slotted cases).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My initial plan is to just get a Seated Liberty of each denomination, ignoring sub-types. After that, I&#039;ll probably shoot for getting all of the sub-types in one denomination. It&#039;ll probably be quarters, as they contain most of the varieties, are large enough to make them easier to see, and are less expensive than halves! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve already excluded a number of types from the list that I hope to obtain (everything pre-1800 and other early stuff). Basically, if I can&#039;t get a pleasing example graded at least VF for ~$300 or so, then it&#039;s not on the list. For now anyway..... You never know, we both might hit the lottery! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the conclusion that I&#039;m coming to as well. Whenever I decide to gamble with risky options (sending coins in and crossing my fingers) in an attempt to save money, it usually ends up costing me more in the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is, I have to sell these coins. I&#039;m not confident enough in my evaluation abilities to properly describe them to buyers (I don&#039;t want to get full price for a cleaned coin), plus I really hate taking a loss on collectables that I&#039;ve purchased (almost certain to happen, and eliminates dealers as an option).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It did, thanks a lot for the detailed and thoughtful response![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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