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Message:: [QUOTE="walterallen, post: 364363, member: 4068"]Proof sets have been a passion from the beginning for me. The silver sets 64 and older are very special to me. I had breakout sets going back to 54. I was shooting for 50 like you. As fate would have it I had to sell them to stay a float while I was out of work. I'm sad about it but not bitter. It was a blessing to have them. The great part is I can have them all again and more one day and that will be great fun acquiring them, but just not much fun shelling out the bucks to pay for them. I would love to have 42-36 as well, but who wouldn't. I still have 65-76 and some  sets from the 80's. The 80's I mostly give as gifts to people I know that are born those years. I have a good friend who's a dealer and I can get them for next to nothing sometimes. What I still have that are my pride and joy today are my BU year/mint sets which start at 64 and go back through most all of the 50's. They are all break outs. I have some Bu year/mint sets from the 40's and 30's also. Most of them commemorate my family members B-years.Then I have one 1912P year sets (circulated) to commemorate my Grandpa's B-year. I hope to get that year in BU condition one day, when I have money to burn. It's nice to hear your son is involved, must be fun. My children are in their mid twenties now and think I'm crazy for collecting. I'm just crazy "about it". Take care and God Bless. Allen[/QUOTE]