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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1287273, member: 26302&quot;]Honestly, this is a very large shortcoming to US collecting for beginners. Its not anyone&#039;s fault, but those penny boards create this &quot;need&quot; to fill the holes. When beginning collectors see they can never hope to buy the 16d, or 09sVDB, or the 1877, then many lose interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think date/MM sets should be more advanced goals for most collectors. I advise building your own type set for beginners. One, it can be much cheaper, and two, it exposes them to all of the great designs this country has made.</p><p><br /></p><p>No holes to fill is one of the greatest things about ancient collecting, and I avoid the only real one we have, (12 caesars), just for that reason. I don&#039;t want to be compelled to buy something I am otherwise not interested in. The only &quot;set&quot; in ancients I have ever made was the anonymous bronzes, and that was because I am intriqued by these coins, and got all but one in one purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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