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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 337420, member: 9270&quot;]My personal perceptions of the terms:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ACCUMULATION - A large number of coins with a commonality <u>other than date</u>.</p><p>It could be as general as US coins.</p><p>It could be more specific such as US silver coins.</p><p>It could be even MORE specific such as US Mercury dimes.</p><p>But there is no intent to get one (and only one) of each date/mintmark combination.</p><p>You can have more than one accumulation BUT you can&#039;t have two of the same accumulations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>COLLECTION - A one-of-each group that covers a certain area with a certain criterium.</p><p>A full date set of Mercury dimes.</p><p>A full date/mintmark set of Mercury dimes.</p><p>A typeset, even if constraints are put on it such as 20th century.</p><p>You can have more than one collection with the same definition (Lincoln cents), but each collection only has one of each coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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