Ideas For A 'Type' Set

Good point about grade sets. I'm working on both PCGS and NGC 3cs sets (not terribly seriously, more if I happen to find a nice one) (and there is a 2nd rule, no West 57th St collection garbage in the NGC set).

But that's what makes this so much fun... My set, MY rules.

How about how many 1964D nickels can you find in circulation

When I was a kid and just starting out in collecting I had a RedBook and they showed that mintmark change from the reverse to obverse. I showed my parents and they woudl save all of the 1964D nickels they came across for me and I put them in rolls or a box or whatever.

I eventually spent them on baseball cards or comic books a few years later when collecting interests had changed.

When I got back into collecting 4 or 5 years ago I realized that there were a ton and a ton and a ton and you could stack them to the moon 50 times worth of 1964D nickels minted which I did not realize as a kid.

When I started roll hunting a couple years ago I threw all of the 1964D nickels into a bucket to check for the RPM. After going through a few hundred dollars worth of them I had set aside with a loupe I gave up and don't even think twice about them anymore.

But think how much better the nickel CRH world would be if everyone took all of the 1964D nickels out of circulation.

US Administration of the Philippines! Major types would be 1 of each for pre and post commonwealth status.

1/2 Centavo, Centavo, 5 Centavo, 10 Centavo, 20 Centavo, 50 Centavo, 1 Peso.

You can do a fairly high grade set without spending thousands of dollars.

It even includes some interesting RPMs and such and one entire year of mules for the 5 Centavo IIRC.

You could also go for the Cuilion Leper colony issues. They will be more of a challenge since some of the coins are made of zinc.

Not my cup of tea, but many folks collect Morgan dollars, because there are common ones and may key dates.

I have nearly filled my Jefferson nickel Dansco album. I was considering what to fill the extra holes with at the end of the album. I came up with the idea to collect at least one of each variety and type this series has had over the years. This is not just the "silver war" nickel or the pre/post 2006 obverse, but includes things like the 38 & 40 reverses of all four 1939 issues (don't forget the proof coins) and the 1970-s unc/proof issues and the 2005 satin finish/regular finish, etc. etc. etc.

I just looked through the Red Book and did some homework and decided how I wanted to build my personal ' Jefferson nickel Type Set'

Japan is another fun type set to work on. Modern coins have been more or less static since about 1952 except for the 50, 100, and 500 yen which have been redesigned a couple times. Going back into the 1870-1950 range, there are hundreds of types to collect, ranging from cheap and available to extremely rare.

An interesting set to see would be the 1 Sen coins as they moved from silver to bronze to aluminum to baked clay before ceasing to be a meaningful denomination at the end of WWII. Likewise, you could build a set of Yen from its original silver and gold issue all the way down to the modern aluminum coin.

I can relate. Once you start a set, there's no limit to how creative you want it to be. You can go by countries, theme, metal type, denomination, errors and the list can go on.

Personally I would like to reduce it down to at least half of what I am working on... My collection and site is a reflection of the mess I am in.