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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2153457, member: 73165&quot;]I don&#039;t collect ancients, but your inquiry is such a general one, I feel I can offer an opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collect what you want.&nbsp; My only guiding principle for my collection is that I don&#039;t buy anything I wouldn&#039;t want to own for 5+ years.&nbsp; If I&#039;m at all ambivalent about it, I don&#039;t buy it.&nbsp; I probably consider for purchase least 10 coins for every 1 I buy.&nbsp; Develop an eye for nice pieces and be particular about what you want.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect US coins primarily, and I love toners.&nbsp; But, I&#039;ve got my eye on a couple of tokens right now, and, if you&#039;d told me a year ago I&#039;d be seriously looking at these tokens, I&#039;d have thought you were crazy.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I have untoned coins as well that I love, and there have been a few coins I let go that I kind of wish I hadn&#039;t.&nbsp; But, I don&#039;t worry about it because I know there are way more nice pieces in my price range out there than I can possibly afford.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you find that area of numismatics that excites you, you&#039;ll know.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen some really neat ancients, but nothing that&#039;s really tripped my trigger yet.&nbsp; And, that&#039;s okay.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, you don&#039;t really need a guiding principle other than &quot;coins I like.&quot;&nbsp; Be discriminating and buy nice pieces.&nbsp; If that means you don&#039;t spend a dime on coins this month, carry over your $200 to next month and look at things you couldn&#039;t ordinarily afford.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on, but I&#039;ll stop there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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