Help With Typesetting

Building a type set can be a very rewarding pursuit and a great way to broaden your numismatic horizons but it can also become quite expensive when you start getting into some of the earlier types such as Seated dollars, Trade dollars, Large Cents, Capped Bust quarters, and Twenty Cent Pieces.

First off you will want to decide what you want to include in your type set. There is no wrong or right way to do a type set, you can make it as large or small as you like depending on your numismatic tastes and budget. Most type set collectors use Dansco 7070 or Whitman type set albums although if you are collecting higher grade, expensive coins you may want to leave them slabbed in their TPG holders.

I have been working on a slabbed type set for the past several years and have been having a blast tracking down the coins for my set. I decided against cracking any coins out. Personally I have found that the Seated dollar, Twenty Cent, and the Capped Bust quarter slots are the most difficult to fill with nice examples partially due to the expense but also the difficulty in finding the right coin. I still haven't bought the Classic Head and Draped Bust Large Cents yet due to their cost in mid-range grades.

Search the forum archives. There are a lot of great threads on type sets. Here are a few .....

Some good observations and a lot of eye candy
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...trade,dollar

Example of a slabbed type set
https://goccf.com/t/125586&whichpage=1

A recent topic by GR58
https://goccf.com/t/158881&SearchTerms=7070

....and I clicked this expecting a discussion of font choice and kerning.

I too thought this was to be post about the old newspaper methods.