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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;houston_ray, post: 496600, member: 1943&quot;]Happy New Year to All</p><p><br /></p><p>Seeking your opinions, fellow collectors!</p><p><br /></p><p>Background</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m an individual collector with a Peace Dollar set (almost complete).&nbsp; I am collecting in XF40 to AU58 condition.&nbsp; For the three key dates (1921, 1928 and 1934-S) I have slabbed AU coins by NGC, PCGS and ANACS, respectively.&nbsp; So far, so good.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the raw coins, some are significantly more toned than others.&nbsp; Some have lustre, some are uniformly toned (tarnished), and some have blotchy toning.&nbsp; Hey...some may even have been &quot;wiped.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; (See my separate post on this topic). </p><p><br /></p><p>Question:&nbsp; When you plan your collection for any silver set, do you seek to have the coins &quot;look&quot; similar, or are you happy with a mixed bag: various toning?</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this is a personal preference, but I was curious as to what you think.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you believe having a set that &quot;looks&quot; similar makes it more valuable?&nbsp; Or is it just art versus cash?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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