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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 7986939, member: 22377"]Over the years, I’ve been motivated to build my own box of 20. The idea has appealed to me as it gives a lot of freedom. One is able to go into many directions and explore new areas. A big inspiration has been the wonderful threads from our very own [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] (he gets credit on every update and he certainly deserves it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). What follows is the fourth installment.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been a year since the last update and there have been some big changes. Nine coins have been replaced. Some of these were sold as I replaced them with coins I liked more (they will be mentioned at the end). A couple have moved to the box of 21-50, which is fairly strong too-it just has a bit less variety. I'm a big fan of Morgans and Columbians. This go-around, I've decided to limit the main box to just one of each. The others are great coins and I wouldn't kick them out of the collection, so they find a spot in a different location (it's not easy to cut my collection down to just 20 so this is the "creative" workaround). There are also other sets I work on which are outside of the box of 20 (and even the box of 21-50). That allows me to have several projects so that I don't get stuck if no coins appear that are worthy of the box of 20. </p><p><br /></p><p>The order here is US (by denomination), followed by tokens, and finally world (Territorials fall into the world grouping).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 7986939, member: 22377"]Over the years, I’ve been motivated to build my own box of 20. The idea has appealed to me as it gives a lot of freedom. One is able to go into many directions and explore new areas. A big inspiration has been the wonderful threads from our very own [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] (he gets credit on every update and he certainly deserves it :)). What follows is the fourth installment. It has been a year since the last update and there have been some big changes. Nine coins have been replaced. Some of these were sold as I replaced them with coins I liked more (they will be mentioned at the end). A couple have moved to the box of 21-50, which is fairly strong too-it just has a bit less variety. I'm a big fan of Morgans and Columbians. This go-around, I've decided to limit the main box to just one of each. The others are great coins and I wouldn't kick them out of the collection, so they find a spot in a different location (it's not easy to cut my collection down to just 20 so this is the "creative" workaround). There are also other sets I work on which are outside of the box of 20 (and even the box of 21-50). That allows me to have several projects so that I don't get stuck if no coins appear that are worthy of the box of 20. The order here is US (by denomination), followed by tokens, and finally world (Territorials fall into the world grouping).[/QUOTE]
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