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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4313160, member: 19463"]I only have one goal: "Coins I like at prices I can afford." That is, by some definitions too many goals and not enough by others. In my time in the hobby I have passed through too many specialty collections that required me to buy coins that I really did not want. My current goal definition has caused me to have 50 fewer coins than I had this time last year. I should have a second goal to be more careful not to sell coins I thought I did not want but turned out to be wrong. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, goal collecting is unappealing since there are only a few very minor goals that are achievable. Q showed us a couple examples above. However, we need to be vigilant to avoid missing some variations that fit our goals including new discoveries or minor variations. Those are nice Plautilla denarii. Where are the bronzes? Where are the Provincials? Where are the portrait variations that occur with the same reverses? Thinking like this can lead to us buying coins that we really don't want. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is one other matter regarding goals: It is possible to complete a set without realizing it. I have a complete set by Legion of the Septimius Severus Legionary denarii (except for one LEG IIII IT from Alexandria which is certainly an error on a die caused by losing count while engraving I's). I suppose I would buy one if it turned up in a junk bin but there are other variations on what I have that I want more. I quite honestly do not know which of the legions was the last I obtained. When you do not collect by a checklist you miss out on such things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4313160, member: 19463"]I only have one goal: "Coins I like at prices I can afford." That is, by some definitions too many goals and not enough by others. In my time in the hobby I have passed through too many specialty collections that required me to buy coins that I really did not want. My current goal definition has caused me to have 50 fewer coins than I had this time last year. I should have a second goal to be more careful not to sell coins I thought I did not want but turned out to be wrong. To me, goal collecting is unappealing since there are only a few very minor goals that are achievable. Q showed us a couple examples above. However, we need to be vigilant to avoid missing some variations that fit our goals including new discoveries or minor variations. Those are nice Plautilla denarii. Where are the bronzes? Where are the Provincials? Where are the portrait variations that occur with the same reverses? Thinking like this can lead to us buying coins that we really don't want. There is one other matter regarding goals: It is possible to complete a set without realizing it. I have a complete set by Legion of the Septimius Severus Legionary denarii (except for one LEG IIII IT from Alexandria which is certainly an error on a die caused by losing count while engraving I's). I suppose I would buy one if it turned up in a junk bin but there are other variations on what I have that I want more. I quite honestly do not know which of the legions was the last I obtained. When you do not collect by a checklist you miss out on such things.[/QUOTE]
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