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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Berit, post: 3703009, member: 106902&quot;]Thanks for all the advice.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read a few things here and there.&nbsp; So I&#039;m a bit familiar with grading but not enough to do it myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I say dabbled I just mean I haven&#039;t really gotten into it in a big way and haven&#039;t bought really expensive coins or had much of a focus. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never gone into a coin dealer or really purchased from one.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t made any &quot;major&quot; purchases where I&#039;m too concerned with whether I&#039;m overpaying.&nbsp; I just buy a few things that are fairly inexpensive or money that is budgeted for my hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I might have overpaid for a few things.&nbsp; But considering the low level purchases, It&#039;s not an amount I&quot;m too worried about.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know that anything I&#039;ve purchased is really &quot;rare&quot;.&nbsp; And I don&#039;t generally spend a lot on any one coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the poster/family tree idea I do like that.&nbsp; I&#039;m just not sure I have the time, focus or organization to do something like that.&nbsp; But I will definitely keep it in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the list is long and I may not get it all.&nbsp; But it would be fun to get one of each type (to the extent possible) and one of each ancestor&#039;s birth year (to the extent possible).&nbsp; I will certainly focus on getting what I can for each date.&nbsp; But I was thinking to add examples of the other types (where available) even if they are not available in the necessary dates or do not correspond to a given family date.</p><p><br /></p><p>We may have some dates further back I just don&#039;t have them readily available.&nbsp; And I&#039;m really looking for a set that I don&#039;t have to spend too much money on - at least for now. </p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m trying to strike a balance between decent coins and cost.&nbsp; I will definitely include the average circulated coins in some instances. </p><p><br /></p><p>And thanks for the tips on the dealers.&nbsp; Good to know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate all the input.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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