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<p>[QUOTE="fred13, post: 1760436, member: 20688"]Hello Everyone,</p><p>Several years have passed since I originally started my coin collection. My original intent was to compile a complete collection of coins from my base but as of yet a problem has been constantly nagging the back of my mind. </p><p>Coins from the series that I collect are either extremely expensive or either extremely cheap. As such throughout the last few years I have managed to purchase 1 or 2 NGC graded coins a year which have really give my collection a solid base. My dilema arises in that some of the inexpensive coins can be had in mint state condition for a few dollars each. However, its almost as if there is a stigma in the back of my mind now in not wanting to purchase the inexpensive coins because they aren't worthy. Not to come off as a coin snob but I enjoy the unilateral, banal nature of my small box of NGC graded coins. Having a group of common coins in air tites on the side almost seems destructive to the beauty of my main collection. </p><p> </p><p>So I suppose the question to be had is if you consider yourself a numismatist of high end stuff is it acceptable to also indulge in coins of almost no value when the "completeness" of a collection is at stake?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fred13, post: 1760436, member: 20688"]Hello Everyone, Several years have passed since I originally started my coin collection. My original intent was to compile a complete collection of coins from my base but as of yet a problem has been constantly nagging the back of my mind. Coins from the series that I collect are either extremely expensive or either extremely cheap. As such throughout the last few years I have managed to purchase 1 or 2 NGC graded coins a year which have really give my collection a solid base. My dilema arises in that some of the inexpensive coins can be had in mint state condition for a few dollars each. However, its almost as if there is a stigma in the back of my mind now in not wanting to purchase the inexpensive coins because they aren't worthy. Not to come off as a coin snob but I enjoy the unilateral, banal nature of my small box of NGC graded coins. Having a group of common coins in air tites on the side almost seems destructive to the beauty of my main collection. So I suppose the question to be had is if you consider yourself a numismatist of high end stuff is it acceptable to also indulge in coins of almost no value when the "completeness" of a collection is at stake?[/QUOTE]
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