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Message:: [QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2405445, member: 73165"]I agree 100% with this.  It doesn't matter what you collect, as long as you enjoy it, and as long as you're only using discretionary income to fund it, IMO.  99.9% of us on here don't have the resources of an Eliasberg, a Pittman, or a Garrett, so, putting together collections of that calibre is just a pipe dream for us.  For some of us, putting together a complete set of just about anything would be a serious challenge to the budget. Repeat after me: IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER. There are nearly infinitely many ways to have fun with numismatics.  I prefer type collecting.  There's the OCFEC ("one coin from every country") world collection that's really fun and affordable.  You can do short sets.  You can do date sets and ignore mint marks.  You can do Morgans by VAM, bust halves by Overton number, large cents by Sheldon number, etc.  It all doesn't matter, as long as you enjoy it. To directly answer your question, I, personally would go for halves, but that's because I like big silver, and there's the 1861-O out there that you can still potentially cherry pick a CSA or LA state piece. My personal pick for an undervalued and fun set would be Liberty nickels in MS63-64, or Indian quarter eagles in MS62.[/QUOTE]