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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3281144, member: 10461&quot;]I have one small box of coins in my core collection.&nbsp; While I&#039;m no longer sticking to the strict &quot;Box of 20&quot; rule as of mid-2016, and the &quot;<a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k" rel="nofollow">Eclectic Box</a>&quot; has expanded to the point it&#039;s nearing 50 pieces now, it&#039;s still a pretty small collection by most people&#039;s standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>But those 45-50 pieces represent the dozens, hundreds, maybe even <i>thousands</i> of <i>other</i> coins I bought, swapped, and sold in order to acquire the few I have now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am <i>not</i> a big-budget guy.&nbsp; My salary as a low-ranking hotel clerk is barely over the minimum wage in some places.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t acquire the few $500+ pieces I own by using my paycheck* - that goes to the bills.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">*By not taking much out if my modest paycheck to feed my hobby, it also keeps my marriage harmonious.&nbsp; &quot;<i>Happy wife, happy life</i>&quot;, as they say.&nbsp; Better that the collection feeds <i>itself...</i> mostly.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m lucky if I have a spare $20-50 lying around to put into my coin budget most of the time.&nbsp; This means if I want a pricier coin, I have to either save up (I&#039;m terrible at it), adjust my tastes downward (hard to do, but not impossible), or wheel and deal and swap and haggle (my chosen method).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins you see in my Eclectic Box collection represent 20 years of that final strategy.&nbsp; I sold and swapped away <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI" rel="nofollow">a lot of stuff</a> (some of it pretty nice) to get the stuff I have <i>now</i>.&nbsp; And those coins I sold were themselves the product of many other coins I sold to get <i>them</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an ever-evolving collection.&nbsp; It will never be huge nor as awe-inspiring as what some folks here have, but I&#039;m OK with that, and proud of what I&#039;ve assembled so far anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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