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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 1782409, member: 20480&quot;]I get where you&#039;re coming from. There are certain key dates which I have avoided like the plague because, simply put, I believe they are poor values. Surprising examples that come to mind, and the number of each that I&#039;ve owned in my 43 collecting years are the following:</p><ul> <li>1909-S VDB 1c (1)</li> <li>1916-D 10c (1)</li> <li>1916 25c (0)</li> <li>1893-S $1 (1)</li> </ul><p>Still, absent the few coins I chose not to buy, I enjoyed the chase immensely even knowing I&#039;d stop just shy of a touchdown. To me, the greatest satisfaction came from learning which dates, thought to be common, truly are not, and which of those thought to be rare are not.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The fact that you&#039;ve collected, and appear to have the means, yet intentionally avoided the S VDB, makes you an advanced collector in my mind.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Your point about accumulators not learning the difference between good and bad coins is well taken, although I&#039;d apply that perspective only to some accumulators, and not to all. There are some very savvy buyers of coins out there who do not build sets, but buy targeted coins, for the notoriety associated with those particular coins, for their profit potential, or for some other reason. I suspect that, because they are making sophisticated choices about which individual coins to buy, they were collectors at one time, and should probably still be regarded as collectors, rather than accumulators, if for no reason, other than to account for the skills they acquired while collecting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To add to your point, it may be that, as a collector tries to achieve some uniformity of appearance amongst the coins in an album, the differences that stand out the most are the problems. The recognition of those problems may be what turns a lot of novice collectors into seasoned ones, whereas accumulators do not benefit from the same experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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