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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3087760, member: 88829&quot;]My motivation and focus of interest in coins (and stamps too) is probably going to seem a bit &quot;out there&quot; to some, but it is what it is.&nbsp; I am only mildly interested in the history of the people on the coins.&nbsp; The economics of currency and denominations gets perfunctory attention, but isn&#039;t my driver.&nbsp; I am fascinated by the distinct and distinctive ways in which the ancient artisans approached the design challenges the system of minting required them to face, and the diversity of the output from the places where they worked.&nbsp; In studying a coin my goal is to get inside the head of the person(s) who made it.&nbsp; That cannot be done in an absolute sense, but something of that does appear when one collects a coin type in relation to others like it.&nbsp; For me, collecting by mint is not so much about mindlessly seeking to &quot;get one of each&quot; whatever.&nbsp; Rather it is about seeing patterns to the ways different nameless artists approached the same assignment, and trying to uncover the why of it all.&nbsp; Acquisition matters to me in proportion to what new levels of discovery it will bring to me. (Ah, so THAT&#039;S why they have those particular field marks there!!!&nbsp; What a kick.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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