Short sets – miniature date-and-mintmark coin collections for a given series – are highly popular for coin collectors on a shoestring budget.
A short set of coins is less expensive because it contains fewer coins than a typical, complete date-and-mintmark run of coins for a series and usually avoids the expensive key-date coins.
These budget coin collecting sets also provide you with a springboard to finish the rest of that series should your finances later permit.
What follows below are the typical guidelines for collecting 5 of the most popular coin short sets, most of which can be completed for well under $100.
Indian Head Cent Short Sets, 1900-1909
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