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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1528810, member: 38783"]I prefer the proofs as far as the aesthetics go, but I'm not into making my collection only of all the proof sets. I have a ton of proof and UNC mint sets all the way through early 2000's, but I'm more interested in picking the best coins out of each and building some nice collections that way, then selling off the rest to be able to fill the holes. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm cheating here since there's very few shots of the actual coins... But, this will be my winter project to go through all of my sets in detail with my daughter and see what all is in here. The nicest / most valuable ones will go off to grading, the rest will see their way into plastic 2x2's for the general collection. I've been hitting a lot of good auctions for the below proof sets, to add to the ones from the late 70's up I already had.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201019.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201023.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201021.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201020.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201022.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So far I've been able to find a couple nice '56 Type 1 Franklins, a good looking '57 set, 4 accented hair kennedy's, and 7 small date 1970 lincolns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1528810, member: 38783"]I prefer the proofs as far as the aesthetics go, but I'm not into making my collection only of all the proof sets. I have a ton of proof and UNC mint sets all the way through early 2000's, but I'm more interested in picking the best coins out of each and building some nice collections that way, then selling off the rest to be able to fill the holes. I'm cheating here since there's very few shots of the actual coins... But, this will be my winter project to go through all of my sets in detail with my daughter and see what all is in here. The nicest / most valuable ones will go off to grading, the rest will see their way into plastic 2x2's for the general collection. I've been hitting a lot of good auctions for the below proof sets, to add to the ones from the late 70's up I already had. [ATTACH]201019.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201023.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201021.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201020.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]201022.vB[/ATTACH] So far I've been able to find a couple nice '56 Type 1 Franklins, a good looking '57 set, 4 accented hair kennedy's, and 7 small date 1970 lincolns.[/QUOTE]
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