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Message:: [QUOTE="dimeguy, post: 1559673, member: 19855"]What series or type set are you working on? Funny you should ask...For every denomination I choose a series that way when I get bored or exhaustive on one series, I can easily switch to something else that makes my fancy. So, currently: Dollars: Keeping up with presidentials and Sac-still need the 2012 presidentials for me to be caught up Halves: Franklin Quarters: State (Yeah, I know, but I want to eventually start Washington, but didn't feel right without having the state, territories and national parks) Dimes: Barber Nickles: Eww...though the Liberty nickles do grab my interest more than any of the others; however, I haven't officially collected any as of yet apart from those handed down Cents: Wheats How far along are you? Need the 2012 Presidential series in PDS. For Franklin I'm missing one in MS 63 or higher and that's the 1952 S. Quarters: Need 2006-2009 S. Dimes: I'm no where near that far along as I only have 3 in the series...can't recall the dates off hand. Cents: I need 1909-1939 as well as 1941 S, 1947 P, 1951 P, 1951 S, 1952 S How long do you think it will take you to complete the series or type set? Presidential, state quarters, and Franklin half and several of the cents will hopefully be completed next week at a coin show. The rest of the cents and the Barber dimes will no doubt take a couple years at minimum to complete to my satisfaction. Why did you choose that series or type set? Presidential: I simply enjoy seeing all the former presidents together as well as the Statue of Liberty design on the reverse Sac: Tributes to Native American culture unique to coin designs, plus, I initially began the collection because the reverse eagle was a great piece of art. Halves: Always enjoyed the pictoral of Franklin as well as the liberty bell lines and definition Quarters: Ultimate goal is to start a Washington set and the State Quarters is just practice on identifying key elements of Washington Dime: I have Mercury and Roosevelt. Barber just belongs to the dime family heirarchy. Cents: I love the wheat ears and the memorial steps. Progression of the Lincoln obverse design through the century makes for a fascinating study. Plus, I wanted something copper to contrast all the silver coinage in the portfolio. What obstacles stand in your way to completing the series or type set? Nothing for the quarters or the dollars-just availability of funds and motivation. Ben Franklin Half: The 1952 S is my unicorn. I cannot for the life of me find one with problem free fields, descent bell lines, great working on the bell and minimal cheek marks with decent representation of his hair. (Not that I'm picky). Dimes: There's a couple of keys that will be a problem. Plus, I'm still learning them and it's just a process of being comfortable to grade raw coins. Cents: Attempting MS 64-65 for as long as my funding will provide. I love distinct wheat ears and the O in ONE needs to be complete as that is a pet peeve of mine. I also want a variety of colors-red, red brown, and brown for the entire collection as well as one woody (again, not that I'm picky). Of course, the 1909 S VDB may be off my budget line. [/QUOTE]

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