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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 8024129, member: 26302&quot;]One thing I noticed in the course of this thread is some people talk about becoming &quot;distracted&quot;. Let&#039;s talk about that a little bit. Sure, I understand the desire to want to complete a &quot;set&quot; of coins, whatever you may feel a &quot;set&quot; entails. In many ways I ran away from US collecting because of that dictated form of collecting, but still understand it. I have a nearly complete &quot;set&quot; of Sasanid drachms and tets by emperor, so pay attention when one I do not have comes up for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, why do we collect? Is it for the bits of metal? I, for one, collect to take my mind off of the day to day world, learn history, etc. A &quot;distraction&quot; can take away time and money from whatever your self ascribed &quot;set&quot; you wish to work on. On the other hand, its an opportunity to plunge yourself into a completely different geography and era of history. Its an opportunity to greatly expand your knowledge base well beyond numismatics into other areas. A &quot;distraction&quot; I went on was pre-Columbian proto-currency of the Americas. I collected every known type of Aztec &quot;hoe money&quot;, and was in a position to buy a collection of rare Incan hoes from Ecuador. So, as far as I know, I have examples of every pre-Columbian hoe money made. This took me into new areas of geography, exploring trade between these civilizations I didn&#039;t know existed, etc. Was this really a distraction, or the reason people like me collect coins, to allow me to learn all kinds of interesting things?</p><p><br /></p><p>I say embrace distractions. Chase the new and shiny that attracts your attention. We are not in a race, there will never be a &quot;winner&quot; amongst our collections. Its for you and you only, so take it where your heart and intellect lead you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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