My numismatic journey is taking a new path.  For the longest time, I was flailing about, buying what caught my eye for the moment with no real direction or even purpose.  I happen to like Peace Dollars and Mercury Dimes best among all U.S. coins.  As an aside, I recently saw an articles title on a news website that finished with "the US" referring to the United States.  I thought it was extremely sloppy to omit the periods.  But then that is just me.