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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2843583, member: 13307&quot;]I think I fall along similar lines as [USER=10103]@green18[/USER] - an opportunistic collector and &quot;accidental&quot; accumulator.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect Jefferson Nickels.&nbsp; I&#039;m really, really picky about the coins I keep.&nbsp; Most dealers around here get super excited to show me some &quot;really nice&quot; nickel books...and they are AU/low MS/problem coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love world coins, especially world silver.&nbsp; However, I&#039;m not actively assembling any sets.&nbsp; Closest two sets I suppose I could claim are Canadian silver 5 Cent pieces (have a few hundred of them, but not a complete set - missing some of the keys) and a football (soccer) themed collection &quot;in honor of&quot; (because they don&#039;t care about collecting now, but when I find them, I put them into the set - maybe they&#039;ll enjoy them later.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the rest of the &quot;stuff&quot; - I buy things I think I can make enough money on to fuel the other parts of my collection.&nbsp; If that means a huge box of clad Canadian low value stuff, or 100 pounds of bulk world coins, or $75 face of worn Seated/Barber stuff, or valuable die varieties, I&#039;m in.&nbsp; My current &quot;collection&quot; has all been paid for this way, which is why I am able to hold on to it right now.&nbsp; My first collection of coins I&#039;d purchased as far back as when I was 8 had to be sold because I hadn&#039;t learned how to fuel a collection, and I hadn&#039;t learned which coins to avoid, and which coins I could make a decent profit on.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most times, I just enjoy seeing the coins, imaging them, learning about other countries.&nbsp; I like helping people diagnose varieties.&nbsp; In that respect, I&#039;m also a numismatist...but seriously, can we come up with a better word?&nbsp; Every time I say it, I feel like I&#039;ve just taken a 30-second gulp of an ice-cold slushie...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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