Wheat Cent Collection.

It all comes down to you and what you want. Since I collect Lincolns, I feel that every date, mint and proof is what I need for my set. I am not into the varieties (but would not complain about having them) and would rather put the money into a nicer coin for my existing set.

Where this idea really comes into play is my Large Cent collection because there are a lot of different varieties for a fair amount of the coins. My goal here is to have ONE from each year and anything else is just a bonus.

The other thought to this question is condition, is the set complete when you have one of each or when you have the highest grade? If you go by the second part you will never have a complete set because there is always that one coin that could be upgraded.

This was a very interesting link to read. And it sounds like a lot of you have some very nice coins in your sets.

I started my first set back in the 60's Whitman book number 2. By the 80's I started the dansco book .. it went up to 1989. I decided then that I would try to fill every hole, except the 1922 plain. To me this error coin and wish I could get a dansco book that does not have it. My goal is to have VF- XF coins on the first page with UNC and proofs for all the rest. I am getting very close to being done. Funny I spend most of my time looking at that first page with the VF-XF coins, not the pages with UNC's and proofs. I like thinking about where those coins were spent. A real nice good looking old Lincoln that has seen some circulation somehow touches history to me.

Oh .. I forgot to say I did buy a new Danco book this year so I could have the current dates. Been breaking a lot of mint and proof sets to get the last 20 years of coins.

for me a complete set would be all years and mint marks. No Proofs necessary