Advice For Collecting Sacagawea Dollars

-- The graded ones that are most likely to hold any real value are at the very top, and those don't seem worth it to me. I have a set of PR69s and a folder of merely nice examples pulled from sets. The folder is nicer to look at, the slabbed ones are pretty much in storage. I don't expect either to be worth any more than they are now, and I'm content with that. I'd rather spend a small amount for this collection than what a high-grade MS set would cost.

Thanks guys.. I think I'll just finish out buying the graded satin ones and sell the others to recoup some of the money to put towards a set.

Is there a specific set from 2000-2008 I should be looking for? I can't seem to find anything other than what people have put in folders.

I agree that it's best just to buy most of the uncirculated and proofs out of sets. Most dealers at shows don't care if you pick though sets to find the best examples. Doing it this way will save you a bunch of money versus certified coins, but you'll end up with a set that's really just as nice if you are particular like me. I put my coins in airtites. I like the airtites because they feel more coinish than slabs and protect the coins just as well.



This series is pretty straight forward, but there are a couple of coins that you're going to have to decide if you really want to include. The first is the 2000-P "Cheerios" dollar. The tail feathers on reverse are more finely detailed than those on other coins in the series. This coin is the key to the series if you include it. This coin will cost in the $5,000 ballpark if you decide to include it. Definitely buy this coin certified if you decide to include it as a one point difference in the grade equates to over $1,000 difference in price.
http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page20c.html
The second is the 2000-P Goodacre presentation dollar. The designer was paid using these dollars and sent them off to be certified by IGC. This coin goes for a few hundred dollars. If you decide to include this coin, definitely buy it in the original IGC certification slab as that's how they all came originally. It's kind of like the original mint packaging, only it's not from the mint.
http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page24.html

In my opinion, the Goodacre presentation dollar is a more significant variation than the Cheerios dollar. It's obvious when you glance at a Goodacre presentation dollar that it's different from other 2000-P dollars. You have to know exactly what you're looking at to distinguish a Cheerios dollar from the normal variety. In fact, the variety was unknown for several years.

Finally, don't forget about the 2000-D dollar from the Millennium Coinage and Currency Set. It has a proof-like appearance like the Goodacre presentation dollar. It will cost you less than $50.

But the 2018 is an NA dollar not in the 2000 -2008 range of the Sac dollar that he is wanting to collect.

Wow that's an incredible amount of information.
Thanks so much for all the feed back!