Help Me Spend Some Money

From your earlier posts it looked like you were looking for things with some history. To me, and I know others will disagree, ASEs don't really have any history. I just think of them as bullion coins. I can walk into my local LCS and he sells any year but the 86 and 96 for $2 over spot.

Sure the 2016 gold mercury is a new coin. But a replica of a very historical coin. So I like that idea. Same with the '01 Buff commemorative.

I also think 3 cent coins are cool to own. Both silver and nickel. Because non coin collectors I talk to have no idea the US ever made a 3 cent coin. And there is a big wow factor when I get them out.

I have no self control (well when it comes to coins. I sold a few gallery prints I didn't need and got a few things I wanted. Still on the fence with what to get.

Excellent!

I passed by today to make sure it was what I wanted. Yep, I'm happy. Pretty much everything on my list. One is graded perfect, the one modern coin. My first perfect graded coin.

My first coin here. I was going to post all when I get the set, but today I had time. I've been a collector for a long time. My first ever set was the Wheat Cents. And although I've gotten better coins and have a full set in a Dansco, I kept my original 1909 to 1940 Whitman folder. BUT since I was in my 20's I never purchased the Key Dates. I decided to get 2 of the 3 missing key dates and since I didn't really want to put key dates in an old Whitman folder, I got 2 slabbed coins. I know, I'm not a big fan of slabbed coins, but in this case it made sense and I paid less for a slabbed coin than I found comparable raw, not much of a difference.

The Local Coin Shop actually sold off his 1931 S, so I went on ebay and picked one up. This is the first coin of my major purchase. More will be coming :)

A 1931 S in XF 45.





And while I could have gotten better, this is a circulated set, it fits in perfectly. These are the majority of my original coins that I put together in my 20's.

Pick a year that has no key dates and make a complete set of coins. The grade will be dictated by the amount of money you want to spend.