Making a virtual collection in any series is a cheap challenge.
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My company recently purchased a new building. During the move from the old office, hundreds of auction catalogs were discarded after no collectors showed any interest in hauling them away for free. 
As a person afflicted with the hoarding gene, I should have kept all of them except for the modern internet and the images therein. 
Beautiful auction catalogs are free at major shows and at one time I cut them up to make a virtual collection of dates and varieties. One of the big challenges was keeping the coin images the same size. Now, this is done in several reference books covering a particular coin series.
I'm thinking up a prize and a challenge at the moment. A contest to take images only from this year's auction catalogs cut them out and paste them on a sheet for display that you post here. Too bad members are not six-year-old children with time on their hands. This may not work but I'm thinking of something along these lines as there will be a large auction catalog at the FUN show this week.
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When I closed shop in 2003 I had a pile ...LITERALLY.... 2 feet high, 3 feet wide and 25-30 feet ...LONG... of "saved" stuff.
Broken albums, catalogs, absolutely ESSENTIAL stuff to "keep."
What is the prize?
I once did a Lincoln set with photos of Old Anacs small holders cut and pasted from the internet. Easier than I thought and demonstrated I had way too much time on my hands.
WS
My photo collection is much bigger than my coin collection.
They don't take up much space, because they're all on my PC.
Funny thing for me. I tend to keep coins that photograph well. If a coin looks stellar in hand, but does not photograph well, I sell it. If a coin looks great in hand and comes out even better in the pics, these are the coins I cannot sell. I spend more time with the pics than with the coins themselves.
I never thought about that! Great way for me to put together my PR65 set of Morgan Dollars.