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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 16176, member: 112"]This subject always comes up whenever a group of collectors talk among themselves for a period of time. That's because everybody has their own definition of what a collection is - and is not. And they have their own definition because seldom are any two collectors alike - and neither are their collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you think about it, there are so many different types of collections that anybody's would fit one definition or another. There are date sets, mint sets, date & mint sets, short sets and long sets, type sets, theme sets, Proof sets, circulated & uncirculated sets, error sets, variety sets, hammered sets, milled sets, machined sets, world sets and individual country sets. And I haven't even touched on the ancients yet. There are as many different kinds of sets as their are different collectors and different coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one mantra you will hear over and over and over again is collect what you like and don't worry about what someone else says. That being said - who cares how someone else defines your collection ? You define it because it is yours. So obviously I voted no.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 16176, member: 112"]This subject always comes up whenever a group of collectors talk among themselves for a period of time. That's because everybody has their own definition of what a collection is - and is not. And they have their own definition because seldom are any two collectors alike - and neither are their collections. And if you think about it, there are so many different types of collections that anybody's would fit one definition or another. There are date sets, mint sets, date & mint sets, short sets and long sets, type sets, theme sets, Proof sets, circulated & uncirculated sets, error sets, variety sets, hammered sets, milled sets, machined sets, world sets and individual country sets. And I haven't even touched on the ancients yet. There are as many different kinds of sets as their are different collectors and different coins. The one mantra you will hear over and over and over again is collect what you like and don't worry about what someone else says. That being said - who cares how someone else defines your collection ? You define it because it is yours. So obviously I voted no.[/QUOTE]
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