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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2985790, member: 19165&quot;]It really depends what your goals are for your collection. A world class collection usually has a specialization - the best collection of Morgan dollars, the most complete set of Bust halves by die variety, the most complete set of coins from the Central American Republic, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It really depends on your goals and your financial means. Your collection is not something that will be celebrated with pedigrees and remembered, such as Bass, Eliasberg, Pittman, etc. Those are serious collections - they are remembered because they were extremely high grade, extremely complete, or extremely vast. They were important collections. Your collection, given your current approach, doesn&#039;t sound like it will ever be &quot;important.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>But that is not everyone&#039;s goals, and it&#039;s not within everyone&#039;s means. More often, having fun with a collection is far more important. And that sounds like what you are doing. Proof and Prestige sets are common and cheap - but if that is what you like to collect, then have fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>The key is to have realistic ideas and expectations. Do you want to have fun? Do you want to contribute to numismatic research and knowledge? Do you want to build a collection that will be remembered for generations? Do you enjoy building sets as defined by the Registry or Redbook? Or do you like buying whatever strikes your fancy? </p><p><br /></p><p>As long as your goals and your habits align with realistic expectations, and as long as you enjoy what you are doing, then go for it. There aren&#039;t really any rules.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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