Some people might think "If you've seen one superb deep
cameo proof Morgan Dollar, you've seen them all." Rather than specialize
in one series these folkSome people might think "If you've seen one superb deep
cameo proof Morgan Dollar, you've seen them all." Rather than specialize
in one series these folks generalize. They attempt to collect one of each
type of coin ever minted in the United States.
The goal of many type collectors is to find a nice example
of each type. Since they will only acquire one example they can choose the
most common date. This enables the collector to buy a higher grade coin than would be
possible if attempting a matching year and date set.
Attempting to collect a really complete type set can be a daunting
task. Some early types are very expensive in any grade. Gold coins are never
cheap. There are well over 100 types listed in the Red Book.
To make the task easier you can stick to types from the
20'Th Century. You can just go for the major types. Many collectors skip the gold
or just collect types made from copper, silver or nickel.do everything the hard
way. They may seek out only the first year of issue for each type. Or maybe
they go for only key dates.
PCGS and NGC have many different type sets in their Registry
programs. You can browse their web sites and see what other people are
collecting.
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