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Message:: [QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2808929, member: 74282"]I think this is definitely something collectors should think really hard about. Your collecting goals will determine whether fillers are OK and I have met many collectors who regret purchasing them and others who end up wishing they had down the road because they passed on the only example of a coin they want that they ever had a chance to buy. My main collecting goal is comprehensivity within the types I collect, so as many types and varieties as possible. My goal lately has been to focus on the intersection of the questions "Can I afford a better example" and "Can I find a better example". If a coin might be the only example of a type I'll ever see, or if it is a rather pedestrian example of a rare type where a problem-free VF might be over $1,000(and thus, out of my reach) I would be inclined to take whatever example I find. On the other hand, if my main collection goal was not comprehensivity I would probably pass on many of the "filler" level coins and focus on better coins.[/QUOTE]