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<p>[QUOTE="bhaugh, post: 1728424, member: 36379"]Thanks for the advice. </p><p>I definitely feel like the album has a direction. I'm am going for the most detail possible in problem free coins that fall in a reasonable price range. I understand that this criteria may change from coin to coin. For example, the Silver State Quarter Proof that I'm using is a PF69 that I'm cracking out, but by no means will I be able to afford this coin grade in other coins. I know it may seem like I have jumped in with both feet, but the inital coins are relatively easy purchases (the last page of my album is now complete and ready to photograph). The 3 cent piece was really the first real type coin that I actively went out looking for and I feel like i got it for a price that I was comfortable with. I'm still working on easing into this set by purchasing what I know first (the 3 cent just happened to be a good deal in my book) so the moderns will all be fairly easy. Silver and proof coins where possible is another goal that I have, and if it is within reason cracking out a coin is not out of the question. At the same time, this will not be a top grade set (if i was going to do that, i would keep the coins in their slabs). Instead, I'm looking for a good, detailed example of each coin.</p><p>I know that down the road I will probably upgrade my collection, but I plan on keeping all of the coins from this exercise. Down the road I will probably have several type sets, and I'm okay with that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhaugh, post: 1728424, member: 36379"]Thanks for the advice. I definitely feel like the album has a direction. I'm am going for the most detail possible in problem free coins that fall in a reasonable price range. I understand that this criteria may change from coin to coin. For example, the Silver State Quarter Proof that I'm using is a PF69 that I'm cracking out, but by no means will I be able to afford this coin grade in other coins. I know it may seem like I have jumped in with both feet, but the inital coins are relatively easy purchases (the last page of my album is now complete and ready to photograph). The 3 cent piece was really the first real type coin that I actively went out looking for and I feel like i got it for a price that I was comfortable with. I'm still working on easing into this set by purchasing what I know first (the 3 cent just happened to be a good deal in my book) so the moderns will all be fairly easy. Silver and proof coins where possible is another goal that I have, and if it is within reason cracking out a coin is not out of the question. At the same time, this will not be a top grade set (if i was going to do that, i would keep the coins in their slabs). Instead, I'm looking for a good, detailed example of each coin. I know that down the road I will probably upgrade my collection, but I plan on keeping all of the coins from this exercise. Down the road I will probably have several type sets, and I'm okay with that.[/QUOTE]
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