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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 3032879, member: 24754&quot;]My collection goals are strategically designed (Hole filler).&nbsp; I long ago started a North American copper type coin collection, which I&#039;ve accepted will never be &quot;complete&quot; due to the sheer number needed. This pursuit was overly ambitious and should have been more focused, lesson learned. In the meantime, I started a $1 US currency collection, which was a bit more manageable in scope. I&#039;ve been poking away at it here and there, and as of a few weeks ago, it was about 75% complete (Needed 4 more).</p><p><br /></p><p>My problem is that I tend to be easily distracted by other collectibles that I happen to find interesting at any given moment. For instance, I watched <i>Roman Empire: Reign of Blood</i> on Netflix a few weeks ago. This got me interested in the story, so I started researching the history of Commodus and Marcus Aurelius, which led to reading up on the history of Imperial Rome in general. Naturally, I started investigating coins associated with the emperors and Bam! I&#039;m hooked! Now I can&#039;t help but focus my attention primarily on building this collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, long story short, the desire to start this new collection had me feeling guilty about &quot;abandoning&quot; the currency collection that was so close to completion. The way that I&#039;ve handled this has been to go on a spending spree over the last few weeks in an attempt to complete that collection. I&#039;m down to 1 more note that I need to buy (the 1869 of course), but the next acceptable example that comes available will be mine!!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie95" alt=":vamp:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this whole &quot;hole filler&quot; discussion had me thinking about this scenario. Some might say that I let my hole filling obsessions get the better of me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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