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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3337484, member: 19463"]I doubt that. There a thousands of low priced coins that are pretty boring and duplicate each other to the point that you gain nothing by adding another. Unfortunately, the same can be said for coins that sell for huge sums just because they are gold or mint state. The secret of collection is to find the ones that speak to you, not the ones that you think will impress the neighbors. I have coins for which I paid under $5 and coins that were over $500. It is not necessary that my next coin will be one or the other category but, if it is expensive, there will be an effect on how many other coins I can buy to a greater degree than a cheap one will. How we each balance such decisions is why each of our collections are different and, hopefully, fit our personal desires.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea that a coin has to be expensive to avoid being 'ordinary' goes against every idea I have about collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3337484, member: 19463"]I doubt that. There a thousands of low priced coins that are pretty boring and duplicate each other to the point that you gain nothing by adding another. Unfortunately, the same can be said for coins that sell for huge sums just because they are gold or mint state. The secret of collection is to find the ones that speak to you, not the ones that you think will impress the neighbors. I have coins for which I paid under $5 and coins that were over $500. It is not necessary that my next coin will be one or the other category but, if it is expensive, there will be an effect on how many other coins I can buy to a greater degree than a cheap one will. How we each balance such decisions is why each of our collections are different and, hopefully, fit our personal desires. The idea that a coin has to be expensive to avoid being 'ordinary' goes against every idea I have about collecting.[/QUOTE]
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