Collecting Different Grades Of The Same Coin

It would be very useful having range of conditions for a single coin type.
Such a set could be used for a reference for grading purposes.
If you go down this track it would best serve you to select a coin type that is fairly easy to get in the top grades, reason being that MS65 anythings can be expensive to buy.

Perhaps the selection of a common date of a Washington quarter may best serve your purpose. It may not be worth bothering with a grading set that includes coins that have a grade that have bullion value only.

there are people that do grading sets..........like focus on a favorite coin and get from po1 all the way to the highest. I know someone who does that with 1908s IHC.

Then their are those that just hoard a certain year because they like it

I have a few coins that I have several multiples of.
It is interesting to open a page in an album and have a dozen of the same year/design on and they are all different in some way or another.
The grades may differ or they may have the same grade but different toning.
After a few years I think each coin gains its own "personality" and I like to see them all together in the same place

Private/public note to trout:

"After a few years I think each coin gains its own "personality" and I like to see them all together in the same place"

trout,I just LOVE to acquire a coin with personality. It does not happen often.
When presented with the opportunity, I ... DROOL!
Grade is not as important as personality.

My opinion and nothing more.

Thanks so much for all the informative replies. I've learned quite a bit from this discussion so far. I'm considering starting a set like this for educational purposes and for reference. For me, it will make more sense to focus on a coin that isn't too expensive in the higher grades leading up to and including MS-70. Initially, I thought about going with the Washington quarter, but I'll keep checking on others. I'm not really particular when it comes to grading, but I think it would be neat to have a set like this. I agree with matthewvincent, though, that a coin's "personality" is more important than a grade. For example, I just recently missed out on a 1921 Peace dollar that was graded by NGC as genuine but improperly cleaned. Normally, I would not buy a piece like this, but the look of that coin just kept speaking to me. It looked as though it was made of bronze, and a bit dirty at that. I thought about it more and more for a day or so. When I decided I was going to BIN, it was too late. Someone beat me to it. Urgghh. Here is a picture of it:





So ultimately it's not the grade that matters to me as much as aesthetics. Penny Guy- how long have you worked on your grading set? Do you have pictures of these posted anywhere? I would love to see them.