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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1190131, member: 5233&quot;]So, I have been wanting to find a new set to work on.&nbsp; My problem is, most of the years I collected I didn&#039;t have hardly any money (that is still true) but I had big dreams.&nbsp; So, I collected low grade everything.&nbsp; I look back at much of my collection and I see an accumulation of coins...rather than a hand picked collection.&nbsp; Once I get through school, I going to go back and really focus on certain areas and create a collection I can be proud of.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, I want to find a set I can put together now that would will always be happy with.&nbsp; So, that pretty much limits me to moderns.&nbsp; I started to think about what I wanted and here were the criteria: I like bigger coins, I&#039;d prefer a smaller series (so I can&#039;t complete it in a year or two), some variety would be nice, affordable but MS, nice albums exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The couple coins that came to mind were Franklin Halves, Eisenhower Dollars, Kennedy Halves, and SBAs.&nbsp; I think Ike&#039;s best fit my idea.&nbsp; They are huge, they came in several &quot;flavors&quot; (clad, silver, proof clad, proof silver, varieties, ect.), most are affordable, and albums exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have some advice about collecting Ike&#039;s?&nbsp; I want to put together a nice raw set including proofs.&nbsp; I think I would probably want to get most coins out of mint sets (although if memory serves, the first few years weren&#039;t available in mint sets).&nbsp; I want a MS set.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for varieties, I think all 3 1972 types are important as well as both 1976 types.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if any albums have slots for all of those.&nbsp; I know Dansco has slots for 1976 type 1 and 2...but does not account for the three 1972 types.&nbsp; I could live with the Dansco and maybe get 2 types slabbed (Type 2 for sure, and maybe type 1).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any suggestions about collecting Ike&#039;s?&nbsp; The only coins I have are from circulation and wouldn&#039;t fit with this set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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