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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Travlntiques, post: 2409268, member: 39129&quot;]I&#039;ve been on the same journey with my collection....Started out like everyone else with a book of Wheaties, Jeffersons &amp; Roosies. Went on to Mercs, Walkers, Buffs &amp; Barbers. When I heard of Type Collecting for the first time it seemed like a hollow and unfulfilling pursuit.....after all, who wants to go more than a few days without buying a new coin from eBay??? Remembering all the dates you are missing and pulling that endless &quot;want list&quot; from my pocket was the best part! Growing up, I was then able to afford a few nicer pieces for the hoard, and then a few even nicer ones and when the time came to sell some it was those better quality coins from each series I held back. Poof, a type set was born.....and beyond that, a type collector! </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems like a lot of younger collectors are type collectors too, this may be the progression of our hobby and if that&#039;s true......key dates will drop like rocks. I don&#039;t trust things where the value is only propped up by blind beliefs, but it&#039;s hard to find things that don&#039;t meet that criteria now days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Owning coins worth looking at is the fun now. Attractive original surfaces, lower mintages that aren&#039;t &quot;keys&quot;, some toning.....and even things more esoteric.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would still like a date set of Half Cents though, maybe in time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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