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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 6305871, member: 102103&quot;]It&#039;s not wrong to collect what you like, of course.&nbsp; If you have a very diverse</p><p>collection, it may be harder to sell some day.&nbsp; You might want to break it up </p><p>into smaller pieces if you ever sell it. (I wouldn&#039;t try to sell US and foreign together, </p><p>for example, because most US dealers aren&#039;t as interested in foreign coins and are </p><p>less likely to make a competitive offer.)&nbsp; If you do choose to begin to specialize in </p><p>a few areas, you may start to see buying opportunities that a generalist many not</p><p>have the knowhow to take advantage of.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I&#039;m more of an accumulator than a collector.&nbsp; If it&#039;s cheap and it&#039;s </p><p>interesting, I tend to buy it.&nbsp; A huge fraction of my collection came from junk bins.[ATTACH=full]1249911[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I think I got all these Japanese prewar and wartime coins in one trip (4 years ago) at 10-25 cents a piece.&nbsp; I&#039;m no expert on Japanese coins, but learning enough to read dates and recognize older types makes picking through junk bins a lot more fun.[ATTACH=full]1249912[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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