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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2980084, member: 44357&quot;]Thanks everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is really a matter of &quot;minimalism&quot; to some extent. I anticipate having a collection of no more than ~150-200 coins in its entirety and have almost all of antiquity to cover with that small of a set. Now, that range can be considered somewhat arbitrary, and I&#039;m not as rigorous as some people who only want a &quot;box of 20&quot;, but a limited overall quantity means there isn&#039;t as much room for iconographic duplicates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, I now only have an Alexander the Great gold distater rather than also having a stater. They&#039;re almost indistinguishable unless you weigh them but once you have the distater, the stater isn&#039;t really &quot;essential&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could end up kicking myself for taking this approach, and indeed, I&#039;ve sold some coins after upgrading them and later found that I missed some aspect of the earlier example but it forces me to look for coins that add something to my collection, whether historic or aesthetic, rather than it just being a nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people end up going the opposite direction and collecting one of each denomination of a particular type, or even down to die varieties in US coinage, all of which is a perfectly valid and enjoyable collecting style: it just is counter to what I&#039;m currently aiming for... although in the fullness of time, I certainly won&#039;t rule it out <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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