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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 743160, member: 68"]Most of the keys are in the '60's and especially the late-'60's though coins like the '54-S and '62 can be killers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest that most people might want to avoid paying huge premiums for the six step coins. Don't get me wrong, if this is the way you want to collect them then there's nothing wrong with it and you can have a lot of fun since there are many people working on this set. But you'll pay very large premiums for some dates and they won't necessarily be nice well struck examples. As with most moderns early die states are what tends to be tough because dies are used so long now days and collectors of the past didn't spend much effort looking for them to save. So you can often get scarce well struck examples for a very little premium just because they lack full steps. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1982 issues are pretty tough in nice well struck gem or near gem. This date is probably far scarcer than a '39-D or '50-D. The price is low because most collections end at 1964 and many of those who collect the more modern coins are beginners.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 743160, member: 68"]Most of the keys are in the '60's and especially the late-'60's though coins like the '54-S and '62 can be killers. I would suggest that most people might want to avoid paying huge premiums for the six step coins. Don't get me wrong, if this is the way you want to collect them then there's nothing wrong with it and you can have a lot of fun since there are many people working on this set. But you'll pay very large premiums for some dates and they won't necessarily be nice well struck examples. As with most moderns early die states are what tends to be tough because dies are used so long now days and collectors of the past didn't spend much effort looking for them to save. So you can often get scarce well struck examples for a very little premium just because they lack full steps. The 1982 issues are pretty tough in nice well struck gem or near gem. This date is probably far scarcer than a '39-D or '50-D. The price is low because most collections end at 1964 and many of those who collect the more modern coins are beginners.[/QUOTE]
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