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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1041138, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Fill an album - V-Nickels to Kennedy halfs - take your pick.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Start with an empty Dansco album for Kennedy Half Dollars (with or without the proofs).&nbsp; Begin to fill it by roll searching learning which dates &amp; mintmarks are plentiful.&nbsp; Keep only the finest condition coins &amp; spend the rest.&nbsp; A beginner will learn the series, and learn the fundamentals of grading.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A beginner may also pick-up on the difference between almost uncirculated examples &amp; uncirculated examples.&nbsp; With additional experience, the beginner might assimilate some history &amp; begin to understand why some dates are elusive in certain grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>If this exercise should spark collector interest in the beginner.&nbsp; If not, then the collection can always be traded away &amp; spent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that I roll searched $480 worth of half dollars a couple months ago.&nbsp; I filled about 80% of the complete date &amp; mint mark collection (without proofs).&nbsp; I needed to buy the 70D and some of the D mint coins between 2002 &amp; 2008 because they just don’t make it to my north-eastern state.&nbsp; Just yesterday, I broke down &amp; purchased the 83D, and 86D which had been eluding me.&nbsp; Now the album is complete.&nbsp;&nbsp; My total cost was face value plus about $40 which I spent to upgrade the D mint coins mentioned above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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