after these words from it's sponsor...

...yes, I probably watched too much tv when I was younger. :-)

However, since I am the major (and only) sponsor of my Wild, Wild West signature set, I've decided to do some changes. I've been mulling this over for the last few months, and finally decided it was time.

For the last few months, I've had this feeling that my set was getting bulky and hard to handle. And I think also hard for anyone who looks at it to navigate through all the coins. So I'll be making some changes, hopefully for the better. The big change is the number of coins I'm using for the year type sets, and also to a lesser extent, the mint marks.

So, I've decided to use more years, to correspond with major events in the west, but still retaining the five years I originally had in the set. For example, the first 2 coins will be a half cent and large cent, both from 1849, the gold rush year.

Also, I'm going to try (budget permitting) to work in more CC dates. The impetus for this idea came from an article in the "Numismatic News" I received last week about the Carson City collectors club.

Another change will be just using the Clad proofs of the state quarters. I had put in both Clad proofs and satin finishes (where applicatble). While I will still be collecting the satin finishes, they will not be included in my set. I got feeling they were redundant.

So, I can't wait to start, and I also can't wait for NGC to get my submission out of received and into grading, so i can get my 1849 large cent returned. :-)

As always, I'm eager to hear any suggestions or comments from other members, both good and bad.

And, as always, this message may or may not self destruct in 5 seconds. So I will wish myself good luck Jim (Bammer). :-)

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