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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2410834, member: 15588&quot;]In an attempt to get a different perspective on collecting, I decided to try collecting a series rather than a random sampling of types. Since this was an experiment, I wanted to try it out on a series that wouldn&#039;t rip a flaming hole in my wallet. The easiest series I could think of was SBA dollars. They only ran for an extremely short time, countless billions were minted and they&#039;re almost embarrassingly cheap. </p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, obtaining high grade specimens for each year presented no challenge whatsoever. After two coin shows and 15 minutes on ebay I already had a 1979-S, 1980-S, 1981-S and 1999-P all PCGS certified PF69DCAM. I spent from $8 to $22 on each coin. Of course these were all Type 1. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now comes the problem. Do I really want to spend the extra $200 - $250 to complete this set and buy the Type 2 coins? I know SBA haters are already wondering why I even bought a single coin, but that&#039;s okay. Though I&#039;m apprehensive to admit this outloud, I actually kind of like the under-appreciated and oft-maligned SBA. But that&#039;s my problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1979-S Type 2 doesn&#039;t pose a massive financial challenge. I&#039;ve seen it selling for $50 - $60 in PF69DCAM. Apart from the thought of spending <i>that much</i> on a modern clad coin, I&#039;m not too extremely worried about it. But, and this represents a massive <b><i>but</i></b>, that 1981-S Type 2 is a killer. At a coin show today someone quoted me $180 for a PF69DCAM and I&#039;ve seen it listed even higher than that. Egad. Part of me wants to complete the set and another part finds the concept absolutely utterly hopelessly insane. This is a clad coin, after all.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, one question as I pursue my Quixotic quest. Do the less common SBA types have any resell value whatsoever? Or will a dealer that I purchase one from thank his or her lucky stars that a sucker finally came along and erased that humiliating splotch from the display case? Does anyone really want these types?</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that I would buy it for resale value or with any intention of dumping it, I just always consider the, hopefully never realized, possibility that I&#039;ll have to unload coins in the future and I don&#039;t want to buy an absolute dead weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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