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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3282151, member: 78244&quot;]Sometimes coins are so rare and valuable that I jump on the opportunity and take what I can get.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I buy broken coins because they are dirt cheap and I can repair them nicely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867727[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes coins are so rare that they are only known in crap condition. There is only 6 of this type known, 2 of which are in museums. This would have probably been the only example on the market for many years, so I wasn’t going to wait for a nicer specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867728[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I try to get coins with a good strike and great eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867730[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I wait until a well-struck example shows up on the market before I pull the trigger because I want to have a specific quailty for a type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867731[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I concern myself more with the backstory than the quality of the coin itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867732[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I spend a long time looking through many examples finding a coin of particular quality while still staying within my budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867733[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I try to get one of the finest known examples when the opportunity presents itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867735[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And sometimes I buy something because I just plain like it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867736[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, my budget and I set the rules for my collection, and I don’t let anyone tell me otherwise. I also am not a slave to a TPG to define the quality of my collection. However, eye appeal is one of the determining factors of whether or not I buy a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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