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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1600964, member: 42773&quot;]So after a few weeks of participating on this forum and making various purchases at my LHC and on eBay, I&#039;ve learned quite a few things about how I&#039;d like to assemble this collection. Thank you to all who have patiently given me advice and otherwise slapped me upside the head. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Let me know what you think about the following tack:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I&#039;d like to populate the first page of the Dansco album with as many coins cracked out of PCGS, NGC, and ANACS slabs as possible, getting them in high grades, but not paying more than $50 for any single coin. I know it would be considerably cheaper to extract the coins from mint sets, but I&#039;d like to do this in order to learn how to grade the point differences in MS and PF. I&#039;d also like to see if there are any major differences between the grading standards of the top three TPG&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. With some better grading skills, I&#039;ll be able to discern which pieces to choose for the remainder of the album from mint and proof sets. I&#039;ve already acquired a number of coins cut from mint sets in bulk, but I have a difficult time differentiating grades. I can certainly see if one piece has more or less dings than another, but determining the strength of the strike is something I&#039;m weak on, unless the difference is obvious. If I&#039;ve studied a number of slabbed pieces, I&#039;ll be able to compare the raw coins and make better judgments.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. I&#039;m dropping the roll hunting altogether. I appreciate that a lot of people like that kind of hunt, but it&#039;s just not my thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. I occasionally like to pick up heavily roll-toned or album-toned pieces, but those won&#039;t go into the Dansco. If those pieces aren&#039;t already slabbed, I&#039;ll get them into Airtights to prevent any more toning, hopefully. In fact, if I end up buying any pieces at all that need to be preserved in a slab, they&#039;ll stay in.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. I&#039;m going to save the variety hunting till the album is full, unless I come across a really good deal of course, and at that point I&#039;ll look into some of the major varieties first, like the Accented Hair 64 and the no-initial dates. DD&#039;s can come later.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So what do y&#039;all think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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