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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26239137, member: 86815&quot;]I totally agree with you. IMHO there are two levels of collecting both of which I enjoy.</p><p>Acquisition for historical context. In this instance a well worn Marc Antony Fleet denarius would attract me for type and potential authenticity as would a &quot;sea effect&quot; graded shipwreck coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Acquisition for style and appearance and in this instance if I was looking for a coin with a head of medusa I would like to see the snakes!. Now I would buy the best coin I could afford to satisfy my own personal level of satisfaction. </p><p>As I am not trying to create a Sheldon scale points based collection I can ignore TPG grades and focus on what I like.</p><p>If I wanted an Augustus Comet denarius I would not have a problem with this.</p><p>That&#039;s the beauty of Ancients and Medieval.</p><p>I do however understand that collectors can fixate on owning the best possible and it makes them easier to sell but as I don&#039;t buy to invest that is not what I do.</p><p>Sometimes I look at my coins and literally say &quot;Why did I do that&quot;![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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