What I learned,
1) Buy what you like, its your collection, buy what catches your eye. You don't need all FRAGs or all Mint State. Get the coin you like at the price you can afford. If this entails getting coins at
ebay or an LCS, then either is fine. BUT, if you have an LCS locally and they have good products and good prices you would be wise to make your purchases there. I have 2 LCS that I regularly deal with, both give me good prices and good coins and both will get me what I want. Loyalty when its deserved goes a long way in getting you the coins you want at the prices you want to pay.
2) Slabbed coins have a purpose, but they might or might not be needed for you. I'm not a fan of slabbed coins as I like to put them in albums. I see no purpose in slabbing modern/mint purchased coins (but others do). But for very expensive coins over $500 I can see why some one would want a slabbed coin (especially for coins that are counterfeited like the
Mercury dime (16-d), 1909 S VDB or error coins like the 19922 no D or 1942/1 one should exercise caution) . I have purchased a few low cost high MS grade slabbed coin because I liked the way they looked and they were at a price I liked even more (see # 1).
3) Your set is done when you say its done. I've finished several sets like Small Cents,
Mercury dimes and
Peace dollars because I purchased all the coins I wanted. I don't collect error coins so I don't have those but I have all the years and mint marks.
In the end the hobby is yours. Make it what you want, not what some one else says it should be.
Edited by hfjacinto
01/03/2020 1:27 pm
Posted 01/02/2020 5:23 pm
