Carson City Short Set Ideas?

Do you have an idea of minimum grades you will be searching for?

And

For the Morgan dollars I will be pursuing XF40 to AU55. I want a circulated set because of the history.

For the 1875 set I will pursue high AU.

The early half dollar set is probably out of my budget. I'm trying to keep the entire collection around $15,000 or less.

Jason

Good luck on that AU 1875-cc quarter, as PCGS shows only 18 in that grade. I found a VF in a shop 10 years ago. Larry Briggs and Brian Greer's sites are good ones to watch, though neither has one right now.

I must commend you for doing an excellent job of setting your goals realistically according to your budget and identifying exactly what you will be searching for and in what grades.

The value of the set you are working on will enhance the individual values, I believe, as the set you are working towards includes coins that are absolutely loved by a large populations of the collecting membership.

Even though I never anticipate selling any of my sets in my lifetime, I've built them so that they can be sold as sets, rather than the individual pieces. In a couple of cases I've been offered so much more for the sets over what I've paid, that I have sold a few sets (some to be rebuilt).

I always try to imagine what the dealer on the other side of the table will say when I bring something to them to sell.

In the case of this set you are working on, I can't imagine any dealer with any common sense not jumping up and down and wanting your set at a much better than average price.

Please keep us informed (WITH PICTURES) of your progress.