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How Many Dollars Fit in a Type Set?

THERE’S NO doubt that we as a collecting community love our silver dollars. They are on the top of the wish list for many folks. They are slabbed by the third party grading services in amazingly large numbers. The finest-known examples of them generally are connected to sky high price tags. Yet amidst all this hype, there are probably still a lot of other dollar coins we can collect to make up impressive collections that qualify as type sets, which might be great additions to the classic silver dollars. So, just what dollar coins might go into such an assembly?

Innovation Dollars

The most recent of our nation’s dollar coin programs, the Innovation dollars, may become the next collectible for folks who are interested in all things from the U.S. Mint – or not. Some of the early designs look neat, but the jury is still out as to whether or not these pieces will end up in collections alongside coins like the Morgan dollars. Still, for the collector who wants one of every type of dollar we have issued, these won’t cost all that

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