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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;icculus, post: 1577894, member: 41612&quot;]I can respect wanting to do it that way and while I understand quality vs quantity; for me the balance between the two falls somewhere in the ranges that I listed.&nbsp; While I enjoy coin collecting, I am a stacker first and the north of 20:1 ratio of $40 coin that contains just shy of $2 worth of pm&#039;s is pushing the limits of what I can handle. As perto89 said, different strokes for different folks and I would never begrudge anyone of wanting to buy a coin like you describe.&nbsp; However for me personally, the only way I would ever spend $440 on one nickel is if it was somewhat similar to the ATB bullion.&nbsp; If they came out with a jumbo sized Jefferson or buffalo nickel that said five cents on it but was really say a 10 ozt chunk of silver then I might be down for that.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In my case I think I want a full set.&nbsp; If I was more of numismatic investor or speculator looking to turn a profit I might be more inclined to go with your suggestion but as strictly a collector I think I&#039;ll enjoy more a full set in albeit a slightly lower grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for all the info.&nbsp; Yes, I took a peek at the ngc registry sets and saw Lehigh&#039;s set.&nbsp; Very impressive.&nbsp; In my opinion I think he should be number one instead of number 2 if for no other reason than he had pictures, info and comments for all his coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To address some of your questions though.&nbsp; I&#039;d say my endgame is to have a full set of the pm containing nickels that I can enjoy without crushing the bank account.&nbsp; While I want high quality examples that are nice to look at they don&#039;t need to be top pops or anything like that.&nbsp; As I said I have kind of this arbitrary ratio when it comes to the numi side of me.&nbsp; While not set in stone (as illustrated by the ~$40 nickel price limit) I have kind of a mental block of going past about 10:1.&nbsp; For that reason; given current pm prices; I will probably never own something with a higher price tag than say a $100 half or a $250 morgan dollar and in all honesty I try and strictly limit those types of purchases. </p><p><br /></p><p>Registry sets?&nbsp; Yes I would probably fill one out for fun but I have neither the desire or intent to nor any illusions of competing for an award winning set.&nbsp; Top spot--heck based on what I saw I probably don&#039;t want to spend the money to crack the top 50.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Toning and color does play into it and a few cool colored ones would be nice to mix it up but it&#039;s not an ultimate goal.&nbsp; I think untoned white coins are just as nice.&nbsp; Buying raw?&nbsp; I&#039;m way too much of a newbie for that and don&#039;t think I yet feel near comfortable enough with my grading skills to tackle that and wager more than a few dollars on me being way off on the grade.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Maybe when it comes to buying one or two dollar AU/MS60 coins but much beyond that I don&#039;t yet have the skills.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for the info and I&#039;d just like to say that some of the toned coins you post are really amazing.&nbsp; You along with wingedliberty and robec post some really impressive stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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