Slab US Type Coin Set

Here are the answers to your questions in my opinion:

1. I would not limit my purchases to just one grading company, but I would limit my purchases to the top 3. (PCGS, NGC, and ANACS). Remember buy the coin and not the slab. I have coins from all three grading company's.
2. Proofs are going to get very pricey very quick. I have coins from F15 to MS65 in my set.
3. I have my more common type coins in my 7070 while the more expensive and coins that are easier to counterfeit are in slabs. Just to give you and idea click on the link below to see my set.

There are many different directions you can take with your set. Good luck!


All of my answers are based on my assumption that you are just trying to put together a normal type set and not something specific as a registry set.

I'd stick with NGC or PCGS only for resale value purposes. Proofs are awesome but you might be biting off more than you can chew. My suggestion would be to try and complete either a business only or proof only set first. If you try to tackle both, you may never complete either set. As far as displaying I'm not sure. Some coins get very expensive so I'd feel unsafe leaving them out in the open. I have seen people use this to display..



Last but certainly not least, keep us informed of your progress. Good luck!

LibertyEagle20, I was thinking about mixing proof with business. I agree that trying to collect both sets would be tough and I probably would end up going broke! lol

Those may be fightin' words to some!

Not me, I am a slab cracker

Right. Especially not ANACS slabs, which even mother-earth Heritage will not list.

The thing about "buy the coin and not the slab" is difficult if you buy online with usual rather shabby ebay type photo of the coins. When buying from this source I do tend to buy slabbed and graded coins usually PCGS or NGC. If I can touch the coins I usually buy them raw if they are not really expensive. If you are going to plunk down $5000 then I would look at slabbed and graded coins first. Now if you have good relationship with local coin shop or dealer going with raw coin can be better. I like to buy from a certain coin shop. I like the guy who is the owner. He knows a heck of a lot about coins. He has been a collector and dealer for probably 50 years. He does not give away coins but the deals are fair IMO and he will not cheat me knowingly. I have never bought a coin from Heritage or really top end auction house. There are a couple of coins I really want but they are expensive so who knows. There is just no wrong or right way to collect coins. Maybe there is a wrong way by trying to get something for nothing and getting nothing for something.

I based my type set on the NGC Registry Type Set.
I went with NGC rather than PCGS because they accept both TPG's whereas PCGS only accepts its slabs.

Here is mine:
http://coins.www.collectors-society...eSetID=57236

And here's the short gold type set:
http://coins.www.collectors-society...eSetID=57246

Click on the "eye" at the right to see the coin.