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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24703886, member: 26430&quot;]Wow, oof! This has been a reality check for me! I thought I was cutting back this year, but now that I count, maybe not so much....</p><p><br /></p><p>My ACSearch bookmarks show at least 30 or 40 single or group lots this year (some groups of 2 - 12, no really big groups of 50 or 200 low-grade coins this year), plus some from dealers, ebay, or auctions not on ACSearch (like Naville Numismatics).</p><p><br /></p><p>Nor does that include coin books/old catalogs, which might exceed coins this year in number. (Well, counting old catalogs it definitely does! Sometimes I buy 100 or 300 at once, but for well under $1 each.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was satisfying myself at having &quot;saved money,&quot; for example, by dropping out of the bidding on this Phoenician AE at CNG, then winning it at Naville for &lt; 1/4 of the price, I believe (having, in a few months, already shed its provenance as a &quot;cover coin&quot; for <i>The Celator</i> Issue 2!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578042[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578043[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or because it was the last AR Obol I needed to complete my &quot;BCD Set&quot; (all 10 major catalogs + at least one coin from each), and I could stop after that:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578045[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also <i>had to </i>get that one because it was also the &quot;plate coin&quot; in <i>HGC</i>, but it wasn&#039;t mentioned in the listing (not that surprising really, since that&#039;s where HGC plate coins come from!).... There were <i>a bunch</i> like that. In fact, pretty much every coin I buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I genuinely wonder sometimes if dealers/auctions leave out important provenance or publication history knowing that people like me are scanning for coins they recognize from Naville-Ars Classica catalogs or Dattari or just old issues of <i>The Celator</i> and can&#039;t resist bidding/buying once they&#039;ve found something extra...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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