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Message:: [QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2844176, member: 74282"]I consider myself somewhere between 2 and 3 but to some degree I disagree with your definition of "collector". My goal is to collect the entire Roman Republic series and IMHO there are definitely times where the biggest appeal of a coin is that it fills a gap. If the goal is collecting the entire series(or at least, as much is possible), some coins are so rare that this is the reality of chasing that goal and IMHO there's nothing wrong with that. As far as "numismatist" I tend to agree with [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] - the line there is someone who studies their coins with the goal of making discoveries and adding to the body of knowledge on the subject. Many specialized collectors fall into this area between 2 and 3. I'm not published yet but working on my first paper to hopefully be published soon and in some ways I've already published a handful of new varieties and things like that on my website.[/QUOTE]