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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 5189690, member: 80952&quot;]I will reply first, although my experience (with ancient coins) is limited.</p><p>Being a collector is a personal choice by all means. We collect coins because we like them, we fell that tingle when we add a new coin or we study it after waiting for 3 or 5&nbsp; or 20 days for the mail to arrive. A non-collector will not understand this.</p><p>I don&#039;t usually tell my family or friends how much did a coin cost. But when I do, they find them very expensive (even if they are not).</p><p>I have a friend who loves fishing, he spends a lot of money (<b>in my point of view) </b>for fishing equipment. I don&#039;t like fishing, last time I went fishing was in 2000, but I understand his hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for condition vs rarity - all I want is for me to like the coin I buy. It needs to add something to my album - to be from an emperor/period I am interested in, to have a nice, symbolic, if possible <b>unique </b>reverse (I totally agree with this part &quot;I find that there are just so many coins with reverses of Fortuna, Pax, Roma, Victory, Fides, Providentia and especially Felicitas&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s all about personal tastes and how much you&#039;re willing to spend and/or wait for a coin in, let&#039;s say, XF condition, to appear (I don&#039;t want to think how much would the Sestertius in the OP cost in XF). </p><p><br /></p><p>About a year ago I bought a banknote I like (I also collect banknotes). It is one of the rarer notes in my area, quite expensive, I found one at a fair price and bought it. Although it&#039;s one of the top 5 banknotes in my collection, I felt something strange when I got it, something like &quot;well... good note, but I think 30% of my salary could have been spent better&quot;. I didn&#039;t like that feeling and I don&#039;t want to have that thought again. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since I don&#039;t buy coins for profit I always ask myself some questions when I see a coin:</p><p>1. is it in my area of interest? would it add value in my collection? (an emperor in my wish list, an interesting reverse............................)</p><p>2. is the condition good enough? I made some mistakes in the past and realized a poorly conserved coin will not satisfy me even if it&#039;s interesting (as a type) and it was cheap. When I say poor, I don&#039;t mean this the example in this thread. I mean ones that are barely attributable (and without being sure), extremely worn...</p><p>3. is the price <b>fair </b>for me? I always look for a balance between what I spend and the satisfaction I get when checking it in the album. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a joke (unfortunately for me ), I don&#039;t think I will ever own a Divus Titus Sestertius - Colosseum in, let&#039;s say, Fine condition. Conditions 1 and 2 would be fully met, condition 3 will never be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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