Work On A Mercury Or Silver Eagle Set?

I have been having some of the same concerns as you are.

No one really knows what silver will do.

So buy the coins that are not attached to siver value.

IMO .. buy the better date and key coins... in your target grade.

I do think there are some good coins coming out right now.

For Mecury dimes:
1916 D, 1921, and 1921 D if bought right these coins will hold
or increase in value over time.

Finding early date mecury dimes in problem free XF/AU or better,
can be hard to find, so get these when you can .. if the price is right.

Not sure where I heard it lately .. but you make the money on a coin when you buy it.
Meaning you have to get coins at the right price .. or just pass

Thanks for your advise, I like what both of you are thinking. I'll probably focus on the mercury set for now. Is there any way to take advantage of people selling their coins for silver or are most people sensible enough to sort out the rarities? I'm guessing all the lots on ebay have been sorted through. Also, is that the best place to buy coins nowadays? When I was younger there was a great coin shop in town, but now the two here are only for selling bullion. Thanks again for the replies!

There are two sides here. First off, what do you like, Mercury dimes or ASE? I have the complete set of ASE, Raw in Tubes, Raw in a Dansco and MS69 NGC. I love ASE and silver will come back, I am in this for the long haul.

Most rounds can be had for 39.00 dollars right now except the key date of 1996 which is closer to 70.00 slabbed and 59.00 raw. The run encompases 1986 to current.

Most of the Mercury dimes in "Decent" condition, which you will want at least XF or better, will cost more than $2.50 to put together and there are quite a few years to purchase to get it assembled.

It all boils down to what YOU like most. You might want to look at the Canadian Silver Maple Leaf collection. I put together one of those as well, don't get thrown off by all the privy marks on them, just buy the normal SML for the collection.

Secondly consider the storage medium, Dansco Album, Flips, Folder. A good storage medium will cost you about $25.00 and I believe the Mercury dime series has two books to it(might be wrong on that - would not be the first time.)

Bottom line, collect what you WANT to collect and worry about price later. In my opinion, ASE's will be faster, cheaper and they look beautiful in the Dansco. Also completing the Mercury dime set will be almost impossible unless you want to throw at least $2,500 into just one coin as a slider, anything higher can be in the 10's of thousands, the other Key date coins sell for just a little less.