My Upgrade Set From My Pre TPG Gem BU Set

关于此套币: I’ve decided to build this registry set because I was bored, and didn’t want to touch my Gem BU set that I bought in 1982 from a very old seller, that was assembled by him before PCGS and any type of encapsulation was a thing. There are possibly many high grade rarities within that original set. Since I’m sentimentally attached to that original set, I would only feel comfortable with either leaving it be, because honestly, how many original Gem sets still exist prior to 70 point encapsulation? Or my only other option I would be comfortable with, is to have every coin in the set graded, and then keep it together. But I’m not ready to spend $4000 in grading fees, especially with some patients, I could build the same set in MS-67 for a thousand dollars more, and would be missing 7 of the more difficult coins in that grade, but are very affordable in MS-66. So that’s the direction I’m headed in. Plus I can add most of the dimes I’m missing in my original set from 1983 to current date in a nice MS-67, and the clad & silver proofs in mostly PF-70. Plus the hunt of building the set one coin at a time will bring back some of the greatest memories that I had when building my Mercury, and Barber dime sets, and Seated Half Dime sets.