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Easiest Coin Series To Collect?

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Some of the variety and error sets of common coins are challenging, but possible from circulation or with some junk box searching.

Consider these:
"BIE" Lincoln Cents 1934 P-D-S to 1958 P-D (I don't know of anyone who has a complete set. It's much tougher than you may expect)
Wheat stalk die chip Lincoln Cents 1934 P-D-S to 1958 P-D (this one can be done)
At least one minor DDO or DDR for each of the dates and mints of Lincoln Cents 1934 P-D-S to 1958 P-D (this will require all three major die variety site listings to complete, but it can be done)
Plugged LIBERTY or date Lincoln Cents 1934 P-D-S to 1958 P-D (it will take some flexibility, but can be done. The plugged "B" and skirted "R" combined with plugged "9" and "5" and "6" coins likely will be needed).

The 1943 P-D-S cents won't be found in circulation, but can be found easily in dealer junk boxes. Other options exist, including the "cracked skull" and "spiked head" coins, excessively polished dies sets (1934 is a bonanza year), pre-cuds / Retained Cuds, or all with clipped planchets or all with rotated dies, and so on.

If you want a tough challenge, try a 1934 P-D-S to 1958 P-D Lincoln Cent set all in the same circulated grade (if you are adventurous, try VG-F) or all all with the nice even chocolate color (1943 P-D-S is obviously excluded from this set).
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I have two different sets of Jeffersons, an in progress set of Buffalo & Liberty nickels, and currently working on a Lincoln Cent series from 1909-2009, plus the shield cents.
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Some of the variety and error sets of common coins are challenging, but possible from circulation or with some junk box searching.
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I know this is really about USA coins, but my easiest collection to complete was the "Canadian" Prince Edward Island penny/cent set. I was able to complete two whole sets in a couple days.
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I know this is really about USA coins, but my easiest collection to complete was the "Canadian" Prince Edward Island penny/cent set. I was able to complete two whole sets in a couple days.
Well played.
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Roosevelt dimes, even with the silver ones, seem to be pretty widely recommended to get into for an easy collection.
Any thoughts?
I had considered standard Washington quarters. However, it seems a lot of the earlier silver ones are not too cheap and basically not really easily obtained through circulation/coin roll hunting. Oh, that and the fact that I can't seem to find a Dansco album for standard Washington quarters 1932-1998 ANYWHERE.

Would Roosevelt dimes be recommended over Washington quarters?
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My opinion—and I could be wrong—is that the Roosevelt dimes will be easier than the Washington quarters. The dime gets little love and I believe the different quarter programs drove a significant number of the original design quarters out of circulation.

That being said, I would defer to cladking's opinion over mine.
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My opinion—and I could be wrong—is that the Roosevelt dimes will be easier than the Washington quarters. The dime gets little love and I believe the different quarter programs drove a significant number of the original design quarters out of circulation.

That being said, I would defer to cladking's opinion over mine.


jbuck, I actually agree with you. Going over things recently, I noticed how expansive and costly the Washington quarter set is. I mean, that's like 30 years worth of silver coins that are pretty hard to find in circulation. I mean, besides the 1932 dated ones, they aren't really that much. I've seen them go for 8-15 dollars or so. But yeah... For me personally, 8-15 dollars for each coin, for 30 years of coins is a lot of money!

I've kind of been looking into returning to some of what I'd call "roots" of coin collecting and trying to find some series to collect that don't require a ridiculous amount of time going to shows/coin stores to obtain them. I started with searching through nickel rolls to fill out my Jefferson albums, and it was extremely cheap and pleasing. I did purchase some coins as well, though, but found many in circulation, even the older ones.

A few more cheap series to get into it seem would be:
Lincoln Memorial cents
Shield cents
State Quarters
Kennedy half dollars

My Buffalo nickel album is also coming along slowly but surely.
I started out mostly acid dated treated coins in 2x2's. I now am looking for much better examples for my Dansco album.

My Kennedy half dollar set is also fairly inexpensive. I am missing a few of the 1964 silver coins, though. The rest are all clad coins, so it's just a matter of finding them honestly. Sometimes my credit union will have a few loose ones. They never have rolls, though.
I would be interested in adding some of the earlier silver proofs and SMS coins, but not sure how to put them into the mix. I suppose a blank page would work at the end of the album.

I really like Susan B Anthony dollars, and they are by no means a hard set to complete. Obviously, the most expensive coins are the two type 2 proofs from 79 and 81. I currently have the 1981 type 2 proof, but no other proofs so far.

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