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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1981582, member: 26302"]It all comes down to what you want. Whatever way a person wishes to collect is great. I never disparage what or how a person wishes to collect, since it is THEIR hobby, not mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I were still only in US coins, I would probably have passed the Type collection stage, since save for gold I nearly had it done. The only things I was missing were things like draped bust quarter, Chain cent, and the like. I already had my flowing hair dollar. But, I do love type collecting, especially for beginning collectors. Maybe I had ADHD, I could never get into filling holes in an album of the same coin except for dates. I respect those who do, but that was never for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, it comes down to collect the way it makes you happy. If you love the pursuit of absolute quality over anything else, the box of 20 idea can give you discipline. Others like me simply want examples of coins they find interesting. I will buy a group lot of 20 coins simply to examine them and find out any differences on them. There is no WRONG way to collect coins, except by not collecting altogether.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1981582, member: 26302"]It all comes down to what you want. Whatever way a person wishes to collect is great. I never disparage what or how a person wishes to collect, since it is THEIR hobby, not mine. If I were still only in US coins, I would probably have passed the Type collection stage, since save for gold I nearly had it done. The only things I was missing were things like draped bust quarter, Chain cent, and the like. I already had my flowing hair dollar. But, I do love type collecting, especially for beginning collectors. Maybe I had ADHD, I could never get into filling holes in an album of the same coin except for dates. I respect those who do, but that was never for me. To me, it comes down to collect the way it makes you happy. If you love the pursuit of absolute quality over anything else, the box of 20 idea can give you discipline. Others like me simply want examples of coins they find interesting. I will buy a group lot of 20 coins simply to examine them and find out any differences on them. There is no WRONG way to collect coins, except by not collecting altogether.[/QUOTE]
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