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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2587071, member: 15588"]If one is not at least a little choosy in this hobby, one will go bankrupt quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, no, I really try not to buy coins that I don't like. Although meandering tastes and preferences can really complicate things. One year I'm into large cents, the next year I'm into Greenlandic issues. The next it's duck-themed tokens, and so on. Often coins I like upon purchase turn into coins I don't like a few years later. Impulse and compulsion can mislead and inspire purchases that one regrets later. That's one thing I don't like about coin shows. You have only a few hours to decide to buy something - so you either walk out with it or you don't and the item may then disappear forever. In such cases I almost always talk myself out of buying whatever I'm yearning for on the bourse floor. Experience has taught me that I frequently bemoan those "I'd better buy it or else" snap decisions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2587071, member: 15588"]If one is not at least a little choosy in this hobby, one will go bankrupt quickly. So, no, I really try not to buy coins that I don't like. Although meandering tastes and preferences can really complicate things. One year I'm into large cents, the next year I'm into Greenlandic issues. The next it's duck-themed tokens, and so on. Often coins I like upon purchase turn into coins I don't like a few years later. Impulse and compulsion can mislead and inspire purchases that one regrets later. That's one thing I don't like about coin shows. You have only a few hours to decide to buy something - so you either walk out with it or you don't and the item may then disappear forever. In such cases I almost always talk myself out of buying whatever I'm yearning for on the bourse floor. Experience has taught me that I frequently bemoan those "I'd better buy it or else" snap decisions.[/QUOTE]
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