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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eric Babula, post: 25964195, member: 85976&quot;].....in order to complete a particular Series/Set.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] posted a thread called “Your top ten numismatic goals for 2025?”, which got me thinking about my future coin collecting goals.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the past, I always wanted to collect every date/mm for whatever I was collecting. As a child, I had Whitman folders for Cents, Nickles, Dimes and Quarters, and needed to fill every hole (which I never did). As I got older, my favorite coin types changed, but I still felt that, in order to “do it right”, I needed to complete the Set – every date/mm of the series (which I never did).</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of my problem with never completing a set is that I have always chased the “shiny object”! I’m collecting Mercury Dimes. Gotta complete the set, right? Ooooh, look at that Franklin Half. Gotta collect the entire set of Franklin Halves! Ooooh, wait! Look at that blast white Morgan Dollar! Gotta collect the entire set of Morgan Dollars! Wait – look at the toning on that Morgan Dollar! Yeah, I have that Date/MM, but I NEED that one! Ooooh, another beautifully toned Morgan. Same Date/MM? Who cares? I gotta have it! Oh, no! Look at those red-brown FEC’s and IHC’s! Oh, and those chocolate brown Large Cents! Hmm, that coin seems to be undervalued – I should get it, cuz I can probably make a good profit on it later! What?!!! I never knew 3-cent pieces were so beautiful! Gotta have some! Maybe I can complete that set! Nope!</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will likely NEVER complete a set of any coin series!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I’m reflecting on my goals for 2025, I think it’s ok that I don’t complete a set of any series.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m starting to lean toward these collecting goals, going forward:</p><ul> <li>Forget about completing a series. It just doesn’t matter.</li> <li>Get rid of all the coins that don’t make me happy to own, or that I don’t really have an interest in. That might be 80% of my collection – I don’t know.</li> <li>Collect only coins that make me happy. If that means I own 10 toned 1881-S Morgans because they’re all differently beautiful, so be it. And, if I want to own only one Barber coin, just because it’s exceptionally struck, so be it. And, if I want to chase after a 18th Century coin, because I don’t have one, that’s ok.</li> <li>But, one Set that I DO want to complete some day (and will probably upgrade as funds permit) is my Dansco 7070 Type Set! That set is just cool!</li> </ul><p>So, what do you all think?</p><p>Is collecting/finishing a series by Date/MM “the right way” to collect?</p><p>Is there ANY “right way” to collect? I say no.</p><p>Is it blasphemy to say that finishing a series isn’t important?</p><p>Do you collect for Series, or Sets?</p><p>Do you collect randomly – just whatever makes you happy?</p><p>Do you collect for resale, hoping for a good ROI?</p><p>What other reasons do you have for your collection habits?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW – I’m not knocking anyone who collects for Series/Sets (I know plenty of you have really nice PCGS or NGC Registry Sets, which I do envy!), nor any reason or methodology of collecting. You do you, whatever makes you happy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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