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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MaestroPCG, post: 144318, member: 5985&quot;]First of all, have FUN building your type set.&nbsp; I completed one by myself, and I&#039;m working on my second one with my son.&nbsp; I&#039;ve really enjoyed both.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have several suggestions for you:</p><p>1. You mentioned that you want coins in pretty good condition.&nbsp; Stick with that thought.&nbsp; As you begin to build your set, it will be tempting to just buy the cheapest possible coin to fill a hole, but later on you may wish you had held out for a better example.&nbsp; It will be more costly in the long run to buy &quot;fillers&quot; and then replace them with better coins later.&nbsp; Get the best ones you can afford the first time through.&nbsp; Trust me, you&#039;ll be glad you did.</p><p>2. Take your time...don&#039;t feel like you have to fill all the empty slots NOW or you&#039;ll end up forgetting rule number 1.</p><p>3. Ebay, coin stores, coin shows, flea markets...they&#039;re ALL good places to look for coins for your type set.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought from all of the above, and have found good deals on all three.&nbsp; But remember, every coin for sale is NOT necessarily a good deal, which leads to suggestion 4...</p><p>4. Get a Red Book, or other equivalent price guide.&nbsp; You may already have this, but it&#039;s invaluable for training yourself in ADVANCE of the value of any specific coin you&#039;re looking for.&nbsp; It will also clue you in on which dates of any type will be the least costly based on mintages, rarity, etc.&nbsp; Whenever I hit a coin store, flea market, or ANYWHERE that I&#039;m shopping for coins, I always know BEFORE I walk in the door which type and which dates I&#039;m looking for, as well as how much I should expect to pay.&nbsp; </p><p>5. I know I already said this, but HAVE FUN.&nbsp; Coin collecting is a great hobby that you can make better by doing it YOUR way.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t met two people who go about it exactly the same, but as long as you&#039;re getting pieces that you&#039;re happy with for fair prices, you should be happy in the end.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Enjoy your type set and keep us posted on your progress.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>BTW...how are you storing them?&nbsp; Do you have an album?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>pCG[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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