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<p>[QUOTE="mac266, post: 2443817, member: 26371"]I've been doing sets for my 30 year collecting "career," but have recently taken an interest in early American coppers. Since I live within driving distance of the ANA, they are starting to get to know me at the library. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have any EACs yet, but I'm NOT going to collect a date and mint mark set. In fact, I haven't decided what I'm going to collect. I know a lot of EAC collectors specialize in ONE YEAR of mintage and try to get all the varieties, and then when they have them all, try to get multiples of each variety in different die states. For now, I'm reading some books and having fun learning. But when I start plunking down the cash, it will not be a set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe a type set of all the large cents? Maybe specialize in one year? Or do a run of one head type of large cents? We'll see![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mac266, post: 2443817, member: 26371"]I've been doing sets for my 30 year collecting "career," but have recently taken an interest in early American coppers. Since I live within driving distance of the ANA, they are starting to get to know me at the library. I don't have any EACs yet, but I'm NOT going to collect a date and mint mark set. In fact, I haven't decided what I'm going to collect. I know a lot of EAC collectors specialize in ONE YEAR of mintage and try to get all the varieties, and then when they have them all, try to get multiples of each variety in different die states. For now, I'm reading some books and having fun learning. But when I start plunking down the cash, it will not be a set. Maybe a type set of all the large cents? Maybe specialize in one year? Or do a run of one head type of large cents? We'll see![/QUOTE]
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