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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 26400881, member: 36248&quot;]If someone has the patience and money to pull off Type set / coin collection with only one or the other, I am very impressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand this comment, but to me that approach makes more sense for complete date/mm collectors of one series, like an entire run of silver Washington quarters.&nbsp;&nbsp; For my Type set it was never a goal or even a concern for me to only buy one or the other.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, my Type set has very few rules about toning, grade, etc.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do specifically like some series to be blast white.&nbsp; &nbsp; For instance, I LOVE blast white high mint state Walking Liberty Halves.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I also really love Toned Kennedy Halves. I never would have picked only one or the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know some people also impose rules on their own sets for only mint-state coins, or only circulated coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; For me, I wanted both.</p><p><br /></p><p>I even specifically have tried to get an example of every possible numeric grade (currently missing grades 1, 8, 60, 61&nbsp;&nbsp; Almost seems inconceivable to me that I don&#039;t have a single VG8?!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a couple of hard rules:</p><ul> <li>Absolutely no &quot;real&quot; Proof coins.&nbsp; &nbsp; (Now, depending on how think of Matte Proofs, or Specimen coins, you might think I am cheating.)</li> <li>PCGS, NGC, or the occasional CACG graded coins only.&nbsp; (No raw.)</li> <li>CAC stickered coins only where available for the series.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I had to break this rules recently due to certain Types, like classic head cents.&nbsp;&nbsp; I no longer call my set a &quot;CAC Type Set&quot;, which I did for many years.&nbsp;&nbsp; Still, almost every coin that could have a sticker, does.</li> <li>Every coin has a budget of &lt; $500 USD.&nbsp; &nbsp; Most coins are far cheaper than that, but due to inflation and price appreciation, some of my coins are also now more than that.&nbsp;&nbsp; Still, overall, my goal was always an &quot;Affordable&quot; Type set that would take 20+ years to pull off.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m around the 14 year mark or so.</li> <li>I try to buy only coins I really like, and not just plug holes.&nbsp; &nbsp; (I will admit I find it very hard to get attractive 3CS with CAC stickers in prices I can afford, so I have some less desirable examples)</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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