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<p>[QUOTE="Shortgapbob, post: 184456, member: 6088"]No, your impulse buying is not unusual in my experience. As a younger person who is a graduate student, I have a smaller coin budget than many collectors. Although I am currently working on completing a number of sets, I often get distracted by any coin that just seems to be too good of a deal. </p><p> </p><p>For example, I have purchased three 1878-S uncirculated Morgan dollars recently because they were just priced too low for their grades. I often tell myself that I will sell the doubles I purchase cheaply to add money to my coin fund, but I have a difficult time parting with even the doubles in my collection. Therefore my sets remain neglected at times, in favor of completely random coins. </p><p> </p><p>I think this problem is common in the collecting community......at least it is for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shortgapbob, post: 184456, member: 6088"]No, your impulse buying is not unusual in my experience. As a younger person who is a graduate student, I have a smaller coin budget than many collectors. Although I am currently working on completing a number of sets, I often get distracted by any coin that just seems to be too good of a deal. For example, I have purchased three 1878-S uncirculated Morgan dollars recently because they were just priced too low for their grades. I often tell myself that I will sell the doubles I purchase cheaply to add money to my coin fund, but I have a difficult time parting with even the doubles in my collection. Therefore my sets remain neglected at times, in favor of completely random coins. I think this problem is common in the collecting community......at least it is for me.[/QUOTE]
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