Need Some Advice

Mystic2,

As you can see in my signature, I am partial to the Barber series.
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Instead of going for an entire run of any of the series, you might start out with four dimes, quarters and halves.
One from each of the four mints: Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans and Denver. 12 coins in all. Throw in a few "V" nickels and you would have a nice sample of Barber's work.

Dimes are [ relatively ] easy. Quarters and Halves, in grades of fine and above, can be pricy. However, they are scarce, and if you find one and buy it, you will never be unhappy with it.

Walkers? A "short set" from 1940 to 1947 is quite popular. Many if not most can be found for bullion cost. A nice way to both collect coins and acquire silver at the same time.

SO many coins to choose from!

Good luck.

Truthfully, it's up to you. You need to decide what you like. It's all about money. Try one of each type of coin for starters. Barber, Standing lady, flying eagle, Morgan, Peace, etc....
There is no end.... Just remember, keep focused on what you want and try not to spread out.

yeh I'm charging my camera now will have a picture thread I already have one walker a Barber quarter a dateless Standing quarter and some others, but I do love the way the barbers look especially the halfs

There are two ways to go about this. if you are collecting as a collector or collecting for future profit. if you are collecting for collecting, and you are looking to collect one of each type then you are a type collector and I would stay away from pricey key coins in a series, select a grade, such as VF and then start looking for coins in each series in that grade in each series. this will give you a consistent collection so that coins don't look out of place. If you want to build a collection that will increase in value for possible resale in the future or retirement, then you may want to buy the best coin in a series that you can afford. look for keys and semi-keys. I wouldn't buy anything less than EF. this may take a little to complete because you will need to save for each one. but in the end you will have a collection that will return the most in the future. figure out how much you can spend each month and then decide on the type of collection you want to build. go to the PCGS prices guide online and you will get an idea of costs for each series in one glance. hope that helps. Happy collecting!