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Now that's what I'm talkin' about......

It's all involved with growing and moving to the next level. It takes years to achieve, but it can be done......

 

A method for cutting down on whimsy purchases is to limit
the space you allow for coins. Another way is to use the
rule of 10: never buy an item that is less than 10 years old.
That keeps you away from fad material that takes up too
much space. Formerly fad stuff that's at least 10 years
old is most likely marked to market and dead in water.
It's amazing how fast the whimsy fades when the hype
fades.

 

I liked my Whimsy Fad Van Gogh coin

 

Where's Danr. (jk) LOL!

 

He was kind whimsy himself lopping off an ear. Guess
they didn't have those Gothy skewer spikes back
then. But collecting someone who was whimsy is collecting
with purpose and so not really whimsy.

 

Eh, I like my whimy purchases. Many times they lead to new subcollections.

I know I am an outlier though. I really do look at 2500 years of coinage as all potentially collectible to me, and like getting examples from broad segments of representative coinage. Everything is just so danged interesting, along with the history of the era that produced it.

 

For 7 or 8 years now I've been thinking about type collecting
all the fad stuff from the 60's and 70's. Especially stuff people
believed they'd make big bucks on: a Franklin mint medal,
a silver art bar, a 1950D nickel, 1960 sd cent etc. Anything
that was hyped. The crowning jewel being a world proof
set proveyed to Paramount International. Ummmm, bet folks
got quite an ROI on those suckers. Alas, I'm so whimsy
about it I don't whether to call it the Great Expectations
collection or Scortched Earth.

 

If you are very well off then Buy and Keep every coin you want and create a hoard.

or you could just keep trading up. and eventually own some really nice coins to be proud of.

 

A hoard like this?
http://www.coinlink.com/Resources/biographies/virgil-brand/

Love to but I'm a bit short on breweries this week.

 

there is still time

 

Hey, micro-breweries are all the rage. You can start out on a shoestring right there at home in the garage. With a little luck you can give Sam Adams a run for his money and after about ten years you can begin to amass your own hoard.......but I thought this thread was all about specializing and maximizing a collecting endeavor.

 

micro-Brownies are so PASSE. Next you will discover Thai food.

 

I like Thai food, But I like beer better.........

 

Is Samual Adams still a microbrewery?

 

Well......they were at one time.

 

a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away

 

Yeah, but ya can't fault them on the quality of their product.........

 

Always upsets my stomach. Burns a whole. FWIW, I like Brooklyn Lager (surprise!). When they first started it use to say, Authentic Brooklyn Beer (made in Utica, NY)

 

I like that stuff. Smooth and mellow from my take. And Utica? I remember my Grandads favorite brew was Utica Club. Now there's a stroll down memory lane.