US Type Set Idea

It's such a great idea. It gives your collection much more meaning. A focus is great. Kind by accident, I got into collecting 1854 coins for all available holes in my 7070. With the silver "arrow" coins, there's only three years to choose from and I'd noticed I inadvertantly was getting 1854s, so I stuck with it. Half Cent, cent, 3 cent silver, Half Dime, dime, quarter, half, and dollar (there's gold, of course, but that's out of my league): that's 8 coins, so I'm building a full-year set in my 7070 (though the dollar is going to be tough).

I've put together a 20th century/early 21st century custom type set in a Dansco plain album and it pleases me greatly deciding what types to include (like three varieties of Standing Liberty quarters, and not the 7070's two). For this album, I've also decided that the State Quarters are represented by one design of my choosing, plus another in silver proof. Same for the territories. Same for the ATB. Six coins represent those types in this album (not an unwieldy 56 or 112 coins - I've got separate albums or that whole shebang anyway!). One representative Presidential dollar (Godless and not) also... you get the point. Way much more fun to curate your own album. So go for it, Lars.