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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 8005656, member: 4298&quot;]The &quot;<i>buy what you like</i>&quot; approach has been mine for the last five decades. And from time to time an area of specialization has popped up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Litterally.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t decide of any of them, they <i>found </i>me. From a certain perspective, two, or three, coins from your heteroclit collection, suddenly have a connection together, making you think &quot;<i>well, that&#039;s the start of something</i>&quot; !</p><p><br /></p><p>I must be kind of stupid in that I realized I was building a 12 Caesars set after I had got the tenth one. Of course when I had this in mind I <i>had to</i> finish it, but until then it wasn&#039;t deliberate. Hence an heteroclit set, which could very well be improved in many ways, but what the heck, who cares, it&#039;s my set, not someone else&#039;s !</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1388827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the same vein, it&#039;s only when I had got three of them that the Trajan Dece&#039;s Imperial Divi <i>told me</i> they would like to be reunited.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1388826[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My real area of specialization, where I try to built a comprehensive collection, is an obscure principality not far from where we settled, my wife and I, 35 years ago. I thought it would be nice to try and find some coins that were in use in the feudal times, mainly deniers and double tournois. There was no reference book back then, apart from an old study from the middle of the XIXth century, so I was very surpised to discover a gold pistole, remaining unsold at auction, and bought it for the starting price. I have actively and avidly chased them since, and am now a specialist in the field. It allows to spot rarities (people even contact me sometimes when they have one) or find unpublished specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1388823[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Through these three examples you can see how coherence grows, as you specialize.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the hobby, and HAVE FUN</p><p><br /></p><p>Q</p><p><br /></p><p>PS : I see [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has given, while I was typing, some very good (as usual) advice that I share, but in far better words than I would[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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