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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 268812, member: 705&quot;]Howdy and Welcome!</p><p>Well I guess I might be able to help since I did it not too long ago! I took me about 5 years to complete the set. I worked on it as much as I could and saved and bought the key dates when I found one I liked. Believe it or not it isn&#039;t that hard to save to buy the S-VDB. The set really doesn&#039;t have that many that are hard to find. The S mintmark coins from the Teens will be harder than the S VDB. You will be able to pick up a nice 1909-S and 1931-S without too much problem for under $200 each. The 1914-D will run you around $200 for a nice one and the S VDB will cost more than all of those put together. I would strongly suggest that you ONLY buy those coins slabbed by one of the top 5 (NGC, PCGS, ICG, ANACS, PCI). </p><p>I would try to get these key dates FIRST---then work on the early dates and then on to the easy ones! Most of the time you can pick up a mixed bag of maybe 5000 cents for 4-5 cents per coin...you will be able to find lots of dates in those that you will need!!</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said above----it isn&#039;t that hard to save for the keys. I&#039;m just guessing but I would say that even a young teen would have maybe 10-20 per week that he/she could put back. What I would suggest is NOT putting back the cash...because you will spend it....but take that money and go to the bank and buy a few rolls of the new state quarters....now lets say that you buy 2 rolls a week...that is $20....if you do that for just a few months you will have a nice bit! 50 rolls is $500....now if you have some BU rolls of the new State Quarters some dealers might give you $12-$15 per roll!!! When I bought my 1909-S DVB last year it graded VF and cost alittle over $700...I had it all in face value on quarter rolls! Now if you decided you could settle for an S VDB graded G or VG then you might get one pretty cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your biggest thing is to learn ALL about the coins....the old saying is: Buy the book BEFORE you buy the coin. That is always the best way to go and I would suggest it. Learn what you can about grading, about how to detect fakes in this set, and anything else you can!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish you good hunting! And hope that you stay around and keep us updated on your set!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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