Quote:thankful I am not obsessed with creating a "complete"
ASE set.
Yep, same here - I collect ALL (one of each) proofs that are/were produced.
And I started new Dansco 7181 and 7182 albums for the "other"
ASE's - I keep it simple -
no mint mark = Bullion, don't care from where, and with a Mint Mark = Burnished or Uncirculated

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I'm putting a "complete" set of ASEs together...howerver it is my definition of complete, which doesn't involve a grader's label.
Exactly (well at least for what I'm putting in my albums) If I happen to buy one that was slabbed with the (MM) I'll just crack it open place in in the album and the MM is not recorded anymore.

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It is why I put complete in scare quotes.
Understood that very well

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I've said it numerous times: while we are very social about collecting, collections themselves are intensely personal.
Sure are!
