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<p>[QUOTE="Nap, post: 4672079, member: 73099"]You know, I sometimes do.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some rarities that have little historical connection but that I "must" have to finish a set, and I may eventually spend silly amounts on them, however when I step back I realize I am chasing them not because they are rare, or interesting, or attractive, but because they are a missing piece in an incomplete set. And my nature (and the nature of many collectors) is to fill that hole. In the end, it's sometimes a bad acquisition strategy, and once the numbers become large, you have to step back and ask yourself "is this how I want to budget my limited funds?"</p><p><br /></p><p>And so some holes that are not impossible to fill go years without procuring a specimen. </p><p>But in the end, usually one of two things happens (and sometimes both). </p><p>1) The collecting mentality wins and you buy the damn thing</p><p>2) You get tired of this perpetually incomplete set and give up, maybe sell the set, maybe not, but certainly move on to something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are some coins that are truly coin perfection- high artistic merit, historically important, large size, high quality precious metal, available in high grades. These are the pieces that transcend numismatics, and sell for amounts that don't seem commensurate with their availability, yet always seem to appreciate faster than ugly rare ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the opposite side of the perfection scale are medieval coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
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