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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2153712, member: 28299&quot;]Have FUN, it&#039;s a GREAT series to collect!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I &quot;solved&quot; the price problem by collecting the coins in plastic only from 1940 - 1964.&nbsp; Most of the price of the series is in the 1932 - 1939 stretch.&nbsp; Also, if you are into varieties that can get pricey too.&nbsp; By keeping my slabbed purchases to the 1940 - 1964 stretch I was able to increase the average grade I was able to collect, to predominantly MS66.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Over time you&#039;ll be able to figure out what you like best... white coins, toners or some sort of a mix.&nbsp; Personally I would not worry so much about the grade, but about the look of the coins.&nbsp; Given how some date/mm are relatively expensive and some are relatively inexpensive, as long as the coin looks good to you, and is within your financial range, I&#039;d go for that look.&nbsp; For example, the &quot;core&quot; grade of my set was MS66.&nbsp; While there are 64 date/mm slots in the 1940 - 1964 range (not including varieties) I ended up with 8 MS65&#039;s and 18 MS66+/MS67 coins, because they had the look (toners) I was looking for.</p><p><br /></p><p>After collecting slabbed Washies for several years, I started a raw toner Dansco, in predominantly MS63 - MS65.&nbsp; In the raw Dansco, I have decided to include 1932 - 1939 and 1965 - 1985.&nbsp; The latter grouping are quite inexpensive.&nbsp; The former group I&#039;ve decided to include XF/AU coins for the tougher (read, more expensive) date/mm.&nbsp; It&#039;s a fun process, and you can get the raw tough date/mm for less than a slabbed one, but you&#039;ve got to watch out for cleaning etc. on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to my Registry set.&nbsp; All the coins have images.&nbsp; Just click on the Gallery or Slideshow tabs (or the camera icon).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=112811&amp;Ranking=all" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=112811&amp;Ranking=all" rel="nofollow">http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=112811&amp;Ranking=all</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Have FUN!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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