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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2589071, member: 28299&quot;]When I originally started collecting Washingtons, it was as a fun, relatively inexpensive project meant to last a few years.&nbsp; I decided to collect slabbed toned Washingtons from 1940 - 1964, predominantly in MS66.&nbsp; The reasoning behind it was that (except for the 1940-D) the &quot;money&quot; coins were in the 1930&#039;s, and coins in MS66 were attractive, but also relatively easy on the wallet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over time I came to really appreciate Washingtons, and decided to do a raw toner Dansco.&nbsp; Given OCD I was always upgrading, and finally ended up with three Danscos.&nbsp; I finally stopped upgrading there, because at that point I might as well just have bought more slabbed coins (which in some cases I did).&nbsp; Along the way I decided to also fill in one Dansco in the 1932 - 1939 range.&nbsp; Once that &quot;barrier&quot; was crashed I decided to fill in some of the Clad quarters.&nbsp; While I have bought some clad quarters from later dates, my &quot;official&quot; dividing line of where I&#039;ve stopped buying and putting clad Washingtons in the Dansco is 1985 P &amp; D.&nbsp; The reason behind this is that in the Dansco album 1985 P &amp; D is the bottom of the page.&nbsp; On the next page the Washington design changes to a lower relief design, which I find it a less appealing design, so I stopped.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the even later dates of Washingtons, I did pick up a fairly wide range of State and NP silver proof Washingtons at the 2016 summer ANA.&nbsp; I got the vast majority of them for $4 a coin, which with a precious metal value of ~ $3 per coin was a no brainer for me.&nbsp; The main reason for picking these up was to be able to fill in dates so that I can fully play, &quot;Coin Uno&quot; or &quot;Follow the Lead Picture&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of the excess toned clad Washingtons that will not go in the Dansco.&nbsp; Some of them were also bought for &quot;Coin Uno&quot; dates.&nbsp; Even though I&#039;m not going to put them in the Dansco, I liked their look and the price was minimal (75 cents for the 1990-D and 35 cents each for the others), so I got them.&nbsp; The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]563480[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]563481[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]563482[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]563483[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]563484[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]563485[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]563486[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]563487[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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