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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;camlov2, post: 1559707, member: 26479&quot;]<font face="times new roman"><font size="4">My primary focus right now is Large Cents, however I can&#039;t decide where this collection starts and stops.&nbsp; I started with only collecting <font size="4">one coin per year for the <font size="4">braided hair cents (1939-1857)<font size="4">. </font> I then decided to try and get one of each major variety for the braided hair cents. I then decided to include one of each year for the Mat<font size="4">ro<font size="4">n heads (1816-1857)</font></font>.&nbsp; Finally<font size="4"> one of</font> each variety for the tran<font size="4">sfer year of 1839</font>.</font></font> </font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4">#1) The original goal of 39-57<font size="4"> only needs a 183<font size="4">9</font> to be complete (18<font size="4">/1<font size="4">9)</font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">#2) The <font size="4">s<font size="4">econdary go<font size="4">a<font size="4">l</font> of 39-57 major varie<font size="4">ties has some work to <font size="4">do (21/32)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">#3) One of each year from 1816-1857 <font size="4"><font size="4"> (<font size="4">34</font>/<font size="4">42</font>)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">#4) The<font size="4">re is over<font size="4">lap in these groups but </font>o</font>verall (37/59)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4">I should be able t<font size="4">o fi<font size="4">nish #1 this year, #3 maybe next year.&nbsp; #2 and #4 may never be <font size="4">finished due to one of the varieties of 1839 cent<font size="4">.</font> <font size="4">T</font>he <font size="4">re<font size="4">d book &quot;estimate&quot; for th<font size="4">e 1839/36 overdate</font> is <font size="4">$225 in G-4, but the CQR lists it for $500 in G-5.&nbsp; Not sure I will ever spend that <font size="4">amount for a coin in that condition.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="times new roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">I chose these coins because I feel they are one of the more beautiful sets of coins<font size="4"> made by our country.&nbsp; They are relatively easy to find (<font size="4">but can be a ch<font size="4">allenge to find in VF/XF</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>).&nbsp; They won&#039;t break the bank and I can pick up a coin per month w<font size="4">it<font size="4">h out having to save up for each individual coin.</font></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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