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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whizb4ng, post: 2809448, member: 54140&quot;]Thinking back on my limited time collecting I can&#039;t say that I regret or would change anything. I can&#039;t say I would buy quality over quantity, even though that is my goal now, because I have learned a lot from all of the crappy coins I have bought and subsequently sold. I can&#039;t say I wouldn&#039;t sell coins because those that I did regret selling at the time I don&#039;t remember anymore. Am I still going to buy the random group lot to play with? Heck yeah. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would I focus on a specific time period from the beginning? Heck no. Have you seen the quality of coins throughout history? Not even just the ancient period but the thaler&#039;s of the Holy Roman Empire, the 18th century colonial coins of the Americas, the Papal States, the Arabic coins with the wonderful flowing script and the double headed eagle of the Russian empire. There are way too many to name. There is so much diversity in the coins we are able to collect that I could never restrict myself to a specific period. I respect those that do, but I could never do it myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, any mistakes I have made I have learned from and I encourage new collectors to make their own mistakes because that is a great way to learn. The key is not dwelling on those mistakes and moving on. So go get tricked by a deceptive fake or buy a group lot that looks like money but is only a couple nice coins on a top of a bunch of slugs. Just make sure you learn from it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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