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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Beefer518, post: 2972963, member: 87737&quot;]When I first got back into collecting, I was all over the place. First said I&#039;d do large cents, then Lincolns, then I (unintentionally) bought a Dansco of Washingtons filled from 1965 through 2007 of BU&#039;s, including all proofs. I decided to do a complete Washington set (1932 to current). So I did,&nbsp; Then I was given an empty Franklin Dansco, and had to fill that. So I did. Then I bought a complete large cent collection (minus a couple of the insane key dates), so that filled my LC need. Then I fell into a complete Roosevelt Whitman in AU+, then a large portion of the complete Mercury set. </p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, my collecting had no focus. I was buying anything and everything that struck my fancy. But to me, it was all boring, and I wasn&#039;t getting much satisfaction out of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I then discovered I really liked the early silver commemoratives, and went hog-wild on a quest to complete that set (50), and I&#039;m almost there. This set is taking me longer because I became picky in what I wanted. I find it to be tons more enjoyable to collect a single series, in with specific goals in mind for each purchase, rather then just buying a coin to fill a hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither way is right or wrong, and as long as you are enjoying it, that&#039;s what makes it the right way. Be careful though, there may be a day when you realize you really like a specific set over every other coin in your collection, then you&#039;ll become obsessed. Obsessions get expensive quickly![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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