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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2296535, member: 46237&quot;]I think collection philosophy applies equally to coins, bills, stamps, etc. They will all generally have the same issues you bring up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I started out collecting way too ambitiously and ended up realizing that if I focused my collection more, I&#039;d have more money to buy better examples of what I loved the most.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started out with a US type set, realized that I didn&#039;t care about the vast majority of the types, and then backed off to generally type collecting US quarters. I expanded that into an uncirculated Washington quarter mint/date set (dansco), and a small capped bust quarter die marriage set (slabbed). So the theme of the vast majority of my US collection is the quarter denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>For world, I started out with a Hungarian currency type set and that expanded into an uncirculated classic Hungarian coin type set 1867-1922. When that got down to only missing a few types that would be challenging to find I expanded in both directions to encompass 1851-1946. Just as with the quarters, I ended up working on date/mint sets for a couple denominations that I really liked, including restrikes. I also got into Habsburg coronation jetons and medals through this set. The underlying theme of all my Hungarian sets are the depiction of the Holy Crown of Saint Stephen, and/or the types of Franz Joseph I.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I have both denomination and thematic sets. I have die marriage sets, type sets, and date/mint sets. There is a lot of overlap. I collect what I ended up liking the most.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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