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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3575845, member: 46237"]Doug, great questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>For my modern Hungarian set, I'm only collecting first year examples of each type (which includes many key dates, including <i>the</i> big two keys for modern Hungary). Having one of the earliest examples struck of each type is somehow more authentic in a way that is difficult to explain, but the appeal of collecting first year/run/edition is common in many collections both numismatic and not. Collecting first year examples also makes collecting the set much more challenging, since otherwise a modern uncirculated set is easy to assemble.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for me, I feel like I cheated in building the set. Owning a "replacement" coin is less authentic and less challenging. Most of them are not distinguishable from high grade originals, so there isn't much I can do about it unless I want to go for lower grade coins with unquestionable authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>In thinking about these issues further, several additional questions came to mind. If I like them and want to retain them, where do they fit? They don't really belong in my restrike set; possibly they should be treated as a variety? I am honestly curious how people feel about this sort of thing. Does this type of issue have a name? Where does it fit?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 3575845, member: 46237"]Doug, great questions. For my modern Hungarian set, I'm only collecting first year examples of each type (which includes many key dates, including [I]the[/I] big two keys for modern Hungary). Having one of the earliest examples struck of each type is somehow more authentic in a way that is difficult to explain, but the appeal of collecting first year/run/edition is common in many collections both numismatic and not. Collecting first year examples also makes collecting the set much more challenging, since otherwise a modern uncirculated set is easy to assemble. So for me, I feel like I cheated in building the set. Owning a "replacement" coin is less authentic and less challenging. Most of them are not distinguishable from high grade originals, so there isn't much I can do about it unless I want to go for lower grade coins with unquestionable authenticity. In thinking about these issues further, several additional questions came to mind. If I like them and want to retain them, where do they fit? They don't really belong in my restrike set; possibly they should be treated as a variety? I am honestly curious how people feel about this sort of thing. Does this type of issue have a name? Where does it fit?[/QUOTE]
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