21st Century US Type Set.

We're only 12 years into the century and already there are a ton of coins. Do the varieties such as the 2009 cents and Westward Journey nickels count? If so would you need all the varieties or just one in your set (e.g., would you need examples of all 4 2009 cents or just one)?

If you have access to a wood shop, it might be fun to build a frame yourself, leaving enough room for expansion and the ability to modify the field for new coins as they come out.

Kudos if you plan to be around by the time the century wraps up. Care to share your secret?

I was counting the State and ATB Quarters, the different cents, the Westward nickels, the Presidental Dollars and the Native American dollars. That is the way I was counting and I got over 100 coins so far.... I haven't even looked at the commemortive stuff. Which if I were to count the commemortive stuff the same way I was counting the circulating coinage I would be buying a lot of silver, gold and platinum so I probably will not worry about them, although I will probably get the commemortive halves as they are usually cheap.

The mint sure puts out a lot of coins when you look at it.

If the Presidential dollars and the ATB Quarters complete their current scheduled runs, and there are no other design changes, by 2020 we'll be looking at:

LMC, LSC, 4xBicentennial for cents
old Jeff, new Jeff, and 4xWestward Journey for nickels
same old Roosevelt dime (though they'd likely change that one, it's been the same for 66 years already; fun fact: longest same-design period for any US coin is 68 years of Liberty Head quarter-eagles, just beating 67 years of Washington quarters - Roosevelt dimes would beat that in 2014)
40xState, 6xTerritory, 55xATB for quarters
same old Kennedy half (that is if they don't discontinue it)
and 38xPresident plus 13xSacagawea for dollars;

which (if I didn't miscount) comes out to 166 different coins (make that 168 if Carter dies by 2014).
...I can easily see 800 coins by the time we get to 2100. Maybe even more...

January's listing of all the types for a 21st century album is quite interesting. It'd be quite an album(s). I'm happy with a separate album for all the dollars and quarters and building a 21st century type set with a representative coin from ATB and Presidential, all four Lincoln Bicentennials, LMC, LSC, all four Westward Journey Nickels, old Jeff, new Jeff, dime, half.

makes my head hurt. Personally, hope they don't exercise the option. I think the quarter will be tired by that time and will need a whole new permanent design.