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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3237578, member: 19463"]I am not a 'set' type of collector. I don't buy randomly but have a reason for most purchases other than the fact that I don't have one. The problem is it is hard to know exactly what draws you toward some coins and it is much easier to move forward with a list in hand like "I NEED two more 12 Caesars" or "Please, just one more mint city of Constans". One type of 'set' I could get into is to build a collection of xyz coins that had as little as possible overlap between them. That means as few as possible of a denomination, of a ruler, of a type. It would require a coin of each metal, thick, thin, patinated.....whatever! This way you have a set which has as its defining characteristic new members NOT being part of the set yet. </p><p>"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." Neil Peart[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3237578, member: 19463"]I am not a 'set' type of collector. I don't buy randomly but have a reason for most purchases other than the fact that I don't have one. The problem is it is hard to know exactly what draws you toward some coins and it is much easier to move forward with a list in hand like "I NEED two more 12 Caesars" or "Please, just one more mint city of Constans". One type of 'set' I could get into is to build a collection of xyz coins that had as little as possible overlap between them. That means as few as possible of a denomination, of a ruler, of a type. It would require a coin of each metal, thick, thin, patinated.....whatever! This way you have a set which has as its defining characteristic new members NOT being part of the set yet. "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." Neil Peart[/QUOTE]
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