I just wanted to get some advice and a general consensus for those who are or already have assembled a US type set. I am fairly new to coin collecting and am somewhat limited on the amount of funds I can put towards aseembling my type set. I have completed most of my collection thus far in VF and XF grades (unslabbed) and I am now down to the really early stuff (Draped Bust, Flowing Hair, Chain/Wreath, etc.) Needless to say, this would be really expensive to get these coins in VF and Xf grades, and I would love to buy them already slabbed. So my question for the forum is this. Should I buy higher grade "Details" slabbed coins, or lower grade problem free slabbed coins? Now I know that this is probably a personal preference thing, and that coins shouldn't be viewed as investments, but I would like to take into consideration whether one category of slabbed coins might gain or hold thier value better should something happen to me in the future and I am forced to sale. So I would just like to see what others have done who have assembled sets like this. Your thoughts?
If you're looking for one that will hold value better, then I'd go with the lower graded pieces over a details piece with problems. Guy
This may be an ignorant question, but again, I am a rookie and i want to make sure i have a good understanding of this, but are all "Detail" coins considered problem coins? Is that the reason they are Detail?
Will you be just collecting individual slabbed coins to comprise the type set? Or would you he use a type album such as a Dansco? My personal opinion is to go for for the lower grade problem free specimens.
Yes, they are detail because the coin cannot be given an accurate grade because something is wrong with it, so it is graded with a details generalization, like the rest of the coin is XF but it's scratched.
