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So I know earlier that I posted about doing a Walking Liberty halves set. After research and looking at other posts. I am having a hard time deciding if I want to continue in that idea or possibly do a type set. Does anyone know around how much a type set would cost to complete in high grade as to a WLH set? Thanks guys!! Just wanted to ponder on it anyway..haha |
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well lets see, walking liberty set can be boring as all coins are walking libs. With type coins you get to choose so many coins that their is more variety.
Also both can cost a lot.......the key date walking libs in higher grade are $$$$$ but type coins can be the same way
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Type set would cost a lot more.. especially in mint state. (I have a walking liberty complete set and I'm working on an ms type set)
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I chose a type set (7070) so that I can look at all of the different types instead of the same design, and purchased a nice example for the Walking Liberty design.  Edited by oih82w8
10/29/2012 09:44 am
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a type set is easier than a 7070-- they have type set albums that include all the 20th century ones--a 7070 is pretty hard, still working on mine
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those two would be hard for me to chose from also. I love the walking liberty series but I also know what kind of enjoyment a type set (Dansco 7070 album) will bring. I can speak from experience that when you start to collect one series you can get burnt out pretty easily because every coin looks just like the next one. I was about burnt out on collecting coins all together when all I was collecting was Morgan dollars for this reason. If it wasn't for the type set sparking my interest again I may not even be here now collecting and talking about coins. There really is no wrong choice between the two as both will give you satisfaction you just have to ask yourself which one you think you would enjoy more I guess |
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 with Coinstar, my blinders were on with limiting the Type Set to the 7070. There are many Type sets available, one could start with the 20th Century Type set and work their way up/expand into the 7070.  Edited by oih82w8
10/29/2012 10:11 am
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Ya, I completely agree with the boredom thoughts. I just sometimes get tired of looking at the same coins over and over. Thats really what burnt me out on my lincoln wheat set which I invested quite a bit of money into. I just got tired of it sort of..
I might just do a type set simply because I love American history and would love to find a multitude of coins through our nations history!
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I love doing the type set, if you plan on doing a MS 7070 that will cost more than the Walking Liberty Set. But if you take some of the more costlier coins (Seated Liberty Dollars, 20 cent piece, Trade dollar, Flowing hair cents and Half Cents) in XF the type set can be done for cheaper than an MS set of Walking Liberties. If you want a nice 7070 plan to spend 2-3k, you can obviously spend more and if you add the gold page that page alone will run you 6k if not more. I think a low grade 7070 could probably be done for 1-1.5k. |
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The type set will be more fun and/or challenging, I believe. I am building a type set, and the only Walking Liberty half dollar that I have is in it; so consider my opinion biased.  |
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Ya I think I'm going to make my first purchase a slabbed walking liberty MS63+ coin, and make a move from there. Once I get the coin in hand, it will help me to determine wether I want to do only walkers or make it a type set!
Muddler - those are some pretty coins..
oih82w8 - I'm loving the luster of that coin..that is a beautiful coin wow!
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Casutherland - I don't think you could go wrong with either.
I do know this, the Walking Liberty set is HARD to find in true, MS condition (even if they are slabbed).
Type set will cost quite a chunk of change in XF or higher.
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I like muddler's suggestion a lot. A type set from the 20th century and the "short set" of Walkers.
Once done, our friend Casutherland can take a breather and decide how next then to proceed.
PLEASE, everyone, the 7070 is not the ONLY way to go for a type set.
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10/29/2012 5:17 pm
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Should probably have an informal poll here.....
"What step is Casutherland on?" (of the numismatic support website CCF, 12 step to numimatic valhalla!!)
Step 5 or step 6?
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Ya, its a hard choice. Basically whatever I do choose is going to come with a long time and large investment of my money for quite a while. As a college student, this is a big decision. As you may know, I do not have a ton of money. This is something that I hope will appreciate in value over time as well as be a fun hobby. I have collected now for about 2 years on and off now. Many people my age do not collect, so it is hard sometimes to continue to fund my hobby as well as many other social activities, school, etc.
The one thing I like about the type set is the full history behind each coin. I feel it's nice to have a little of everything. The one thing that caught my eye is the way you can display it. I LOVE those cases that you can put them in (forgot the name), but they look like something that you could mount on a wall, and that idea to me is pretty cool. Putting coins in an album is one thing, but being a very visual person, I love to display things I have purchased in my room!
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