BUILDING COIN SETS
A strategic plan for coin collectors and investors.
Perhaps the best way to collect and invest in rare coins is to do what numismatists and collectors do: build complete sets. Complete rare coin sets often sell for more than the total value of the individual coin. This tends to hold more value for collectors than collections that include various coins with low grades and high minting populations.
How to Build a Set
The two most common sets are assembled around a coin type or a series of coin. A set includes coins sharing specific characteristics such as design, designer, or denomination. A series includes collecting each date and mint mark of a particular coin. Sets can also be organized by the die variety, historical period, mint mark or the year minted.
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- Finding the right coins within your budget
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SUGGESTED COIN SETS
The Six-Piece Double Eagle Set
The six-piece Double Eagle Set includes two of the most popular and collected gold coin types ever-the $20 Liberty and the $20 Saint-Gaudens.
The Eight-Piece U.S. Gold Set
The Eight-Piece U.S. Gold Set incorporates the four-piece Gold Indian set and the four-piece Liberty set into a single and diversified collection. Comprised of coins that circulated from the mid-1800s through 1933.
The Fourteen-Piece Set
Once you have successfully completed your eight-piece set, you are able to add to complete your fourteen-piece set. In addition, this set adds four small gold coins, the $20 Saint-Gaudens High Relief and the $4 Stella which provide diversification for excellent long-term performance and return.
The Thirty-Four Piece US Gold Set
This collection contains all the gold coins from the U.S. Mint that were initially meant for trade but were put into circulation. Having this set in your collection is a true rarity and showcases the advancement and history of the U.S. Mint from 1795 to 1933
