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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3007842, member: 19463&quot;]I am 100% with TIF on this and suggest you either forget about sets altogether or be very careful how you define your goals.&nbsp; Both TIF and I collect (among other things) coins of Alexandria and both realize that we will never get them all.&nbsp; For one thing, we both have at least one coin that is represented by just one example and we both know the other one is not selling.&nbsp; There are hundreds of other collectors of this series and many of them have a &#039;one known&#039;.&nbsp; Some people would decide to get one coin of each ruler but there are a couple of them you are not likely to own (unless you rob the British Museum) so setting such a goal is bound to fail.&nbsp; My answer is to collect coins I like at prices I can afford.&nbsp; There are a million different ancients and almost as many ways to collect them.&nbsp; Don&#039;t let other people tell you how you should do it.&nbsp; If you do go for sets, find several to work on at once.&nbsp; I sometimes go a year without seeing something I want in my prime specialty but rarely a week goes by that I do not see something that fits one of my sub-collections.&nbsp; What works in modern coins can be awkward with ancients.&nbsp; Enjoy the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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