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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1693155, member: 18320&quot;]I&#039;ve been at the periphery of numismatics all my adult life (I&#039;m in my 70&#039;s)...and have <i>yet</i> to make any limiting decisions.&nbsp; It&#039;s not so much uncertainty about what to collect as lack of disciplined focus.&nbsp; I mostly like &#039;em <i><b>all</b></i> (except the Ancients, and the absolute opposite end of the age spectrum).</p><p><br /></p><p>Coppers are particularly sweet, and the odd Silver...I&#039;m too impoverished for Gold to be more than a dream.&nbsp; Right now US .900 is large with me, as I inherited a bunch of it.&nbsp; But I&#039;m feeling good about almost every coin I lay my hands on; for the history represented, the art in the minting process, and the sense of connectivity with all the multitudes who&#039;ve handled and spent these coins for their &#039;daily bread&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that brands me a hopeless romantic, so be it...there are worse things.</p><p><br /></p><p>How about pics of each of the eight you have?&nbsp; That averages about one coin every two years...pretty concentrated acquisitions, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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