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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 1269961, member: 307&quot;]here&#039;s what I think:</p><p><br /></p><p>If you buy sets in bulk, then you will get just that, bulk quality sets. The advice to select them one by one is sound. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I find it disappointing that people want to purchase a &quot;complete set&quot; of something rather than assembling it themselves. The emphasis when buying in bulk is to assemble a set. For what purpose I ask? What benefit is there in having a complete set? Is it merely to claim possession? Is it to attain some status held by owners of complete sets?</p><p><br /></p><p>I come from an older school, I guess. The whole idea behind assembling a complete set was the &quot;assembling&quot; part of it. The lessons learned as to which are more difficult to find, what to look for in a quality Mint Set, what premium coins can be found in certain sets, etc., are the rewards of set collecting in general.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would bet that some people who own &quot;complete sets&quot; of US Mint Sets don&#039;t even realize that there is no set for 1982 or 1983 or that late 1960s Mint sets have cruddy looking cents generally, or that 1965-67 sets don&#039;t have circulation strike coins in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this is learned when you assemble the sets yourself. It&#039;s ok if you don&#039;t have time, do so as you find the time. There&#039;s no race to see who finishes first, many people have already done this feat. The reward is not in the ownership, but in the knowledge gained when you put the sets together.</p><p><br /></p><p>You collect as you wish, but buying them all at once doesn&#039;t sound much like collecting to me, it sounds like owning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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