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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2093917, member: 73165&quot;]Great post and beautiful pics. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also not much of a series collector.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want yet another album full of the same coins every other collector has, and I don&#039;t want to have to get out a loupe to be able to tell my 27 different VAMS of the same date and mint apart.&nbsp; The only series that&#039;s much interested me is Franklin halves because it&#039;s a fairly short and affordable series, but, even there, I&#039;ve added a bit of challenge because I want to collect them all with nice, golden toning. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I think if I wasn&#039;t into type collecting, I&#039;d have to be an error collector. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to mention is that other than commems (which are also fun and interesting to collect by type!), a type set is going to be one of the few sets that you can put together where the coins won&#039;t all look alike at first glance.&nbsp; That makes them particularly appealing to show off to non-collectors who don&#039;t give a rip about varieties or even mint marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, unlike collecting a series by date and mint or variety, a type set is an idiosyncratic challenge that one sets for oneself.&nbsp; The process is simple:</p><ol> <li>Think about what you want to accomplish with your type set.</li> <li>Make a list of the coins to be included.</li> <li>Go find and buy them all.</li> </ol><p>Many (most?) people go the &quot;no gold&quot; route to reduce expense.&nbsp; A lot don&#039;t go for the early Flowing Hair dollars for the same reason.&nbsp; At the other extreme, we&#039;ve recently seen a post at this site by a collector doing a Lincoln cent type set that includes 97 coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to see some more thoughts on storage and display other than albums.&nbsp; None of the existing type set albums fit my idea of what I want to accomplish well enough, nor do they provide what I feel is adequate enough physical protection for the coins.&nbsp; As of now, I have my coins in a mishmash of slabs and ring-type Air-Tites, but, eventually that may change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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