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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;orifdoc, post: 2638028, member: 82261&quot;]Ah, the type set.&nbsp; First, I&#039;d consider buying the book &quot;A Guide Book of United States Type Coins&quot; by Q. David Bowers.&nbsp; The book might be geared to the collector with a larger budget, but many of the principles will be useful and you&#039;ll learn an enormous amount about the coins you are looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m thoroughly hooked on the type set idea.&nbsp; I started with a 20th Century set as the more modern issues are easy enough to find within a reasonable budget and I worked back to the earlier beautiful renaissance designs.&nbsp; I got sidetracked by collecting Peace dollars along the way, but I&#039;ve been gradually filling in the 19th and even 18th century coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t worry so much about the rules.&nbsp; I&#039;m perfectly comfortable knowing that my set will never be &quot;finished.&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;m not likely to inherit any early US gold or half dismes and they&#039;re far too expensive to warrant acquiring.&nbsp; Figure out a plan and avoid impulse purchases.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can try to find any old thing, specialize in a certain look, try to acquire first-year-of-issue coins, key dates only, or anything that suits you.&nbsp; If you&#039;re looking for a bargain, make sure you&#039;re actually getting one, and not overpaying for something that doesn&#039;t measure up to its marketing hype.&nbsp; Knowledge is key and remember you&#039;re competing in the marketplace with individuals who have made their living at this game for their entire careers.</p><p><br /></p><p>How to display it?&nbsp; I love the old Dansco 7070 albums, but it&#039;s sometimes hard to find one.&nbsp; My own type set lives in slabs, but I&#039;ve PhotoShopped images of the coins into a single screensaver that I can enjoy at home.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be prepared for surprises and keep a little fund available for opportunities that are unexpected.&nbsp; I worked like crazy to acquire the perfect seated half dollar and a week after buying one an even better one came along.&nbsp; Stuff like that happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally be careful.&nbsp; This stuff is addictive.&nbsp; I started out type collecting with a handful of interesting quarters I found in some junk silver.......</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/EbWlBKB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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