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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 502708, member: 68&quot;]I&#039;ve said for years that the old Lincolns would peak in the fall of 2008 because everyone knows the anniversary is coming.&nbsp; The memorials have huge room to grow because so few people collect them.&nbsp; There may be nearly a million collectors but very few are looking for the nice well made coins in circulation,&nbsp; searching varieties, or searching rolls and mint sets.&nbsp; There may not be much alternative to doing all these to assemble a really nice set.&nbsp; But in any case, the point is that they typical Lincoln memorial collector just sends in $19.95 for the complete set advertised in the back of the coin papers and never even looks at the coins.&nbsp; If they did they&#039;d see that most of these are just straight out of rolls and look like junk.&nbsp; If they tried improving the set they&#039;d find that some dates are really tough to find nice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally believe collecting sets of moderns in nice near gem or better condition is a very enjoyable and worthwhile activity.&nbsp; Collectors will learn a lot about minting and distribution of coins and will be presented with a real challenge.&nbsp; By settling for near gems in the tough dates it keeps the expense quite low since certification isn&#039;t even needed.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t mind spending more money then try for gem and choice gem.&nbsp; A few of these will be found very cheap and none cost over about $30 I believe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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