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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stainless, post: 1159761, member: 11757&quot;]Which do you prefer?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know most people here will say &quot;quality over quantity&quot; or something similar, I am fond of the more worn coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My reasoning is, I will never own the best example of a said coins type. Quality is nice, but it&#039;s too expensive, and instead of never owning an example of a coin you want, why not get a more worn piece?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not only that, but the worn piece I actually feel safe taking out of the flips and playing with. The better stuff I do it to too, but not as much, there just not as interesting, IMO. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now with that said. High quality coins beautiful coins that basically make and are the highlights of a collection. They will be the coins other collectors drool over, even though they may not be your favorites. I definatly plan on owning a few of them &quot;showcase&quot; examples as well to be the icing of my collection. However, if you just own two or three &quot;high quality&quot; coins and do not collect the bargain bin pieces, is it really a collection?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I say mix and match, I guess. As I said, most of us will never own any of the &quot;best example&quot; type coins, so, IMO, quality doesn&#039;t beat quantity. I&#039;m not saying collect complete junk and unattributed material, lol. We already buy what makes us happy, but I don&#039;t see the point in not buying a coin because it&#039;s not the best (or even a decent) example. Most of us have coins in our collection we love, knowing that there are other examples that would blow ours away, however, we can&#039;t and probably will never be able to afford them without going into some serious debt.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, I know quality is different for everyone, as everyones budget is different. What would seem like a holy grail coin for you would seem like a downgrade example for another collector. So let&#039;s just base it on your own personal budget.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Does quality&gt;quantity?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">NOTE: When I say quantity, I don&#039;t mean the REALLY cheap bronzes..I&#039;m talking more for the silver stuff </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>stainless[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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