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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;flintcreek6412, post: 1886567, member: 61025&quot;]I got back&nbsp; into collecting in December after a 30+yr lay off.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve always loved type coins so I aggressively began completing a 7070 Type Set mostly slabbed and all problem free.&nbsp;&nbsp; I placed cetain condition criteria upon my coins based upon century and realistic costs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I made huge progress and was thoroughly enjoying it and all the variety of different denominations and designs.&nbsp;&nbsp; On a whim I bought a $5 gold Indian which caused me to shift my goal slightly to a 7070 w/gold.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then it happened.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was only needing about 8 coins.&nbsp; Not a problem.&nbsp;&nbsp; The expensive ones were mostly bought. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I found the 8 coins I needed had absolutely no, zero, zip appeal to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was down to the dreaded Seated Liberties with all the different varieties and the $1 gold.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had at least one of every denomination and 2 in some.&nbsp; &nbsp; They just didn&#039;t excite me at all.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would look at what I needed and found myself just looking to fill a hole.&nbsp; I then realized that with all included Seated Liberties I would have 15 in my collection(3 half dime, 3 dime, 20c, 3 quarter, 3 half dollar, 2 dollar).&nbsp;&nbsp; It was really beginning to dominate the entire 19th century in a way I didn&#039;t find appealing.&nbsp; Motto, No Motto.&nbsp; Arrows, Arrows &amp; Rays, Legend Obverse,&nbsp; Stars, blah blah blah.....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And then I looked at my gold and the Type 2 $1 I had.&nbsp; Yuk.&nbsp;&nbsp; It just felt tiny and worthless compared to my $10 and $20 gold.&nbsp; There I felt like I had something.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So I took out my collection and looked at every single coin several times and began to reconsider my collecting goal.&nbsp;&nbsp; I saw myself drawn to 3 different types of the coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; The odd ones(1/2 and Lg cents, 2c,3c,20c), the big pretty ones(Morgans, Peace, Walking Lib 50c) and the blingy ones(gold).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I walked into the LCS yesterday, gutted my 7070 of what I didn&#039;t consider appealing coins and picked up another&nbsp; slabbed St Gaudens and $10 Liberty.&nbsp;&nbsp; I now love my copper pages, odd page, gold page and big silver page.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will probably still keep a kind of Type Set but just without all the varieties within each style.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I never have quite fit into a specific mold in my life so why start now.........[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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