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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 4452049, member: 73165&quot;]This is a great set and a great album to do it with.&nbsp; People love the 7070, and with good reason, but Dansco just isn&#039;t keeping their stuff in print, which is sad.&nbsp; I have a 7070, but I&#039;ve been looking for the gold page, and have been unable to find one at a price that doesn&#039;t seem crazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m doing my set as a modified &quot;complete&quot; US type set, either 1800-1964, 1800-2000, or 1800-present (I literally haven&#039;t decided).&nbsp; Here a couple of pieces I have that I particularly like:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111135[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111131[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been working on the set for about 5 years, and I have no idea when I&#039;ll be &quot;finished.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A 1792 half disme is impressive by itself, but it&#039;s even more impressive, depending on what you mean by &quot;everything.&quot;&nbsp; I got to hold a 1792 half disme (F details, bent) once, and I thought that was pretty cool.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Absolutely agreed 100% on all counts.&nbsp; Most of the Chinese counterfeits out there are just not that convincing, but a few are.&nbsp; There are some coins, like Trade dollars and Indian quarter eagles that I will only buy certified or from a dealer I&#039;ve done longstanding business with due to fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those are some great choices.&nbsp; You might have to exceed your $105 cap that you&#039;ve kept to so far for decent examples of these, but not by much.&nbsp; I&#039;d look for them in a nice 63 grade, myself.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t go after toned examples, you&#039;ll probably find each one for under $200.&nbsp; I&#039;d say it&#039;s well worth the investment to fill those holes &quot;properly.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really like the concept of &quot;upgrading&quot; coins.&nbsp; To me, that implies that I bought a coin that I &quot;settled&quot; for at some point, rather than one I truly liked.&nbsp; For example, my set has that gorgeously toned 1923 Peace dollar shown earlier that I paid well above price guide for.&nbsp; I could have easily gotten a lesser one for 1/10th the price or so, but it wouldn&#039;t have been the coin I wanted.&nbsp; I care more about finding the coins I want than filling holes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, it&#039;s a great set overall, and the earlier coins all look very well matched.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of high grade, although I&#039;m doing my set in MS and higher circulated grades, I think after I finish, it would be a lot of fun to go through and put together a set in an album in VF or so.&nbsp; Low and mid-grade circulated coins often don&#039;t get a lot of respect, but I like them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it just me, or does this coin have some weird surface issues?&nbsp; Could it be the lighting?&nbsp; It just looks a little &quot;funny&quot; to me is all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think type collectors have more knowledge of US coins, per se, just broader knowledge.&nbsp; We have the luxury of being able to ignore rare dates and varieties, so that cuts down a lot on the amount of knowledge necessary.&nbsp; The main thing is avoiding fakes, and being a bit educated on pricing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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