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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 60833, member: 1674&quot;]I am a coin accumulator, but every time I begin a new collection within my accumulation then I set parameters on what exactly that part of my collection will entail.&nbsp; For example, when I began my Walking Liberty Halves I made a descision that I wanted all date and MM combos including the obverse and reverse varieties, but that I wouldn&#039;t collect the errors (46DDR, mainly).&nbsp; I also decided that I wanted to collect the coins in the VF-XF range with the keys in VG and the semi-keys in F.&nbsp; I set some rules based on my financial situation and my strong affinity for completed sets.&nbsp; Another example is when I decided to start a &quot;holey&quot; Dansco 7070 type set.&nbsp; I decided that it had to have some rules.&nbsp; Since I wanted all the coins to be holed, then I decided that the dates had to be readable and the hole couldn&#039;t be through the date.&nbsp; Also, the coins could only have 1 hole and no love tokens would be acceptable.&nbsp; Finally I decided that there was no way that I would be able to find all of the required coins, (mostly the most modern, like the staehood quarter and the Sac) so I would allow myself to drill holes in coins ONLY if I obtained them for face value or less.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, I look at my finances and then look at the coins in any potential collection that I might try to assemble and then I set the rules to make the chase possible, but also rewarding for how challenging it will be.&nbsp; This way I can continue to accumulate in a semi-structured manner <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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