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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 458468, member: 5233&quot;]Do you have a red book?&nbsp; If not, I think you should pick one up and read thorough it.&nbsp; But, don&#039;t forget to look at the pictures while you&#039;re at it.&nbsp; Find a design you like, there are many of them out there...just pick a set you like.&nbsp; That&#039;s what I would do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you find a set you like, see about how much it costs and set your goals from there.&nbsp; For example, lets say you chose Franklin Half Dollars.&nbsp; The vast majority of that set is very affordable and you would be able to put together a nice MS set for not a large investment.&nbsp; If you wanted to venture into the proofs as well, you&#039;ll find they do cost more (a lot more in the case of the 1950) but it is all doable.&nbsp; However, if you really like Morgan Dollars (like me) you&#039;ll find that many are affordable but some are VERY expensive and low grades for those might be your only hope (like me).</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, you will find that you like everything and want to do a type set like was suggested before.&nbsp; But, a word about type sets...don&#039;t let someone else tell you what is in a type set.&nbsp; &quot;Design&quot; your own type set.&nbsp; Go through the Red Book and decided what is in a type set.&nbsp; Here is why, lets just look at Lincoln cents:</p><p><br /></p><p>My Dansco 7070 type album has spots for 4 Lincoln cents...which is fine.&nbsp; But, I could argue there needs to be a couple more to be a complete &quot;Lincoln type set.&quot;&nbsp; The book has slots for a 1909 VDB, a 1909-1958 Wheat Back, a 1943 Steel cent, and a 1959-Date Memorial Back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would argue that a Lincoln type set in my eyes (and some might even have more) would include:</p><p>1909 VDB</p><p>1909-1942, 1947-1958 standard 95% copper composition wheat cent (one example from any of those dates)</p><p>1943 Steel cent</p><p>1944-1946 Brass cent</p><p>1959-1982 standard 95% copper composition memorial cent</p><p>1982-2008 Zinc composition memorial cent</p><p>2009 anniversary reverse cent</p><p><br /></p><p>That of course includes next year which has 4 different designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, collect what you like is the take home message.&nbsp; Also, don&#039;t forget to look at commerartives...putting together a set of modern commeratives would be a fun set to assemble with many unique designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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