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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1778280, member: 4373&quot;]What matters is how you feel satisifed with your collection. Everyone&#039;s collection is very different and so is your opinion and mine.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have no problem buying cull / junk lots. Sometimes you can find something that&#039;s very interesting that pays more than the lot itself. Not common but it can happen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s a couple of interesting examples:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1795 MM 1 kopek.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/930426.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sure it&#039;s extremely corroded and you&#039;ll think it&#039;s junk but this holds an important piece of history especially if you are into Russian numistics. Moscow Mint finished minting coins back in 1767 and only restruck coins in 1788 (rather common), 1789 (quite scarce) and 1795 (very scarce). 1795 is an interesting year as this particular coin die was re-engraved from 1788 to 1795. On top of this, Moscow Mint was in charge of destroying / overstriking un-useable coinage which is 1762 2 kopek or Sadagura para - 3 dengi. Value wise? Hard to say but this is a key date that&#039;s missing in a lot of people&#039;s collection. There&#039;s probably less than 100 of these known.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1868 EM 2 kopek&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/930394.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Die rotation of 45 degrees. Sure very low grade but I know I will not come across another one of this any time soon even in any condition.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Most people wouldn&#039;t have attempted to touch this hoard as a lot of the coins had verdigris as well as had some damaged coins - it was rather obvious from the pictures. It wasn&#039;t cheap either but I decided to give it a shot and was lucky.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bear in mind, a lot of my collection were hoarded when I was a student. You can do a fair bit with student budget so don&#039;t get disillusioned. What I found useful is specialized catalogs for my area of interest - I wouldn&#039;t take Krause as your bible. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, don&#039;t let anyone dictate how you should collect coins. I&#039;ve spent money on silly things but they turn out to be useful as they may teach you how to spend money more efficiently. Also try selling your extras - you&#039;ll get to understand both side of the world of being a buyer and seller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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