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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bzcollektor, post: 64327, member: 3241&quot;]hmmmm</p><p>Never much thought that the speared buffalo was was on anyones list.......at least it shouldn`t be.&nbsp; My experience from the 60`s on, were type coins. The 14-D Lincoln, 16-D Merc, 77 Indian, etc were dream coins. Like everyone else at the time, I was plugging holes in those blue folders. It was always a given, that <i>some</i> of those holes weren`t likely to be filled. At least not anytime soon. It was a different time. I didn`t buy Walkers, Mercs, Washington (silver) quarters, or even Lincoln (wheat) cents etc. They were common in change. SLQ`s and buffs were not uncommon (some even had readable dates!) Morgan and Peace dollars were still available at the bank for face value up until 1963. (I was 10). I never ever did ever get an Indian Head cent in change though!. What I did buy were type coins. Financed by 2 paper routes, cutting grass in the summer, shoveling snow in the winter. Bought a &quot;lot&quot; of 10 different large cents mail order when I was about 12 or 13. Had my first 2 gold $20`s by the time I was 15 (a 1924 Saint for $55, and an 1898-S Liberty for $60!)&nbsp; Bought a group of about 20 half-dimes and another group of about a dozen capped bust halves not too much long after. Bought the odd half cent, 3 cent nickel and silver, Barbers, etc., here and there. Although my focus now is higher grade Morgans and Morgan Vams, I have always loved the type coins, and they are at the root and heart of my collecting virus (incurable). That is my personal take from the early 60`s on. Type coins and sets were popular back in the day. Good thread Speedy!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for the run on sentences and paragraph![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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