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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 711102, member: 19456&quot;]I completed my first silver year set at CoinFest without realizing it! I collect by year and mint mark. For modern (clad) years, I have been able to find almost all of them in circulation. From 1964 or older, however, I had not had a single year/mint where I had every example of coinage issued. That changed this past Saturday and I didn&#039;t even realize it until last night! </p><p>I had previously had the cent, nickel and half. I got the dime and quarter at CoinFest! The dime was from my second coin purchase of the day, and the quarter from my last. In fact, it almost didn&#039;t even happen! I had been wanting to get to the table they were at all day but they were too busy until I was on the way out. I went back into the main room to say goodbye to some people and I saw they were still there but finally did not have a crowd. So, the quarter came home with me along with three other dates of circulated silver quarters.</p><p>When I was putting my new purchases into my year sets last night, I discovered I had completed a year/mint set. It made me very, very happy! The nickel is not much of a looker, that is for sure! I actually recieved it in change in Lake George, NY in 2007. I will probably upgrade it at some point, but the others will probably be in my collection forever. </p><p>It is the 1945 Philadelphia mint set. I also got one other year (1944 P) within one coin of a complete year set as well. But 1945 will always be the first!</p><p><img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v319/photos/3/348354/6136805/002Copy-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://images47.fotki.com/v1462/photos/3/348354/6136805/003Copy-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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