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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Berit, post: 3702837, member: 106902&quot;]I decided to start my own post after some discussion on Inspector43s post regarding the same idea.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-to-do-with-my-accumulation.341614/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-to-do-with-my-accumulation.341614/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-to-do-with-my-accumulation.341614/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have near as many sets to make since I just have 1 child and he is hopefully not having his own children for years to come yet (he&#039;s 13).</p><p><br /></p><p>But I am interested in starting this and hopefully getting some organization and focus to my collection.&nbsp; I tend to be very disorganized about it and not really have a focus as to what I&#039;m collecting or doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also do not have a lot of time to work on it and seem to fall away from it for long periods of time as life intervenes.&nbsp; Between working full-time and an active teenager and household duties, there&#039;s not much time to spare.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have a very large collection by many standards but I do have some more modern and a few older coins to work with and I will work on getting examples for what I need.&nbsp; But I will have to do so a bit at a time and attempting to keep it affordable.&nbsp; But it should be a fun project nonetheless.</p><p><br /></p><p>In doing both my husband&#039;s ancestors and mine, using birthdates would go back to 1864 if I am able to make it back that far - so that may be tough to do and still keep it affordable.&nbsp; So I will just have to see what I can find and take it from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have made my list of dates and my list of types.&nbsp; Now I just need to go through my coins and try to find what I can of those... and then move on.&nbsp; Hopefully I can also get some organization to my collection during the process.&nbsp; I will have to better sort the coins to find what I need anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been dabbling in coins for many years, but never very seriously or getting into some of the more specific details of it.&nbsp; Mostly just finding/saving or buying what I like.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t exactly have much progress to report and it will probably be slow going, but would certainly appreciate any suggestions others may have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am planning to do the birth years, as much as possible, of ancestors.&nbsp; And including other coins for their type using a different year when birth years are not available or no one was born during the time that coin was minted.&nbsp; So that I can at least include one example of most types of coins minted from the late 1800s through today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I&#039;ll be mostly ok back through the 40s (when mine and my husband&#039;s parents were born).&nbsp; No 30s or 50s and 60s birth dates - which might make some of the hunting easier if there were.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine and hubby&#039;s grandparents were early 1900s - 1920s and great-grandparents in the late 1800s.&nbsp; So I have some digging and hunting to do!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also thinking I may add some quarters for the different states (state quarters and/or parks) where we and our ancestors have lived and/or were born.&nbsp; Especially some where we have had many generations or many different branches in the same states (not just 1 person).&nbsp; And since I do have a bunch of those on hand and could probably find others through coin roll hunting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do live in a major metropolitan area so we have coin dealers around - although I&#039;ve never been - any tips what to look for or how to approach it would be appreciated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are also many different banks to try coin roll hunting.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done some of that in the past and could certainly do so again.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t have a ton of time to spend on that and probably have most of what I would find there anyway (other than maybe some quarters or if I&#039;m missing a specific date of a more modern coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the rambling but at this point mostly just wanted to make the introductory post.&nbsp; I will post more as I think of it or have more progress to share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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