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<p>[QUOTE="spirityoda, post: 6309688, member: 44633"]Collect <b>what you like</b> because you are thee one getting the most enjoyment out of them. When I first started collecting coins about 21 years ago I was all over the place with no focus at all. Then as I went to more and more coin shows are started seeing coins I really wanted. I also bought many Krause world coin catalogs to look at coins that interested me. I started out in world coins because of the vast variety of coins to choose from. Then later I wanted to start collecting by themes... "Coins with <b>insects</b>", "Coins with certain <b>stars</b>", "Coins with <b>hands</b>", "Coins with <b>small coins</b> as the design itself", <b>Error</b> coins, varied coin sides from <b>3-sided -12 sided coins</b>, <b>Misc. world coins</b> collection, <b>Pop out</b> coins, <b>Toned</b> coins, my toned Canadian 25 cents and 50 cents collections. I do have some U.S. Dansco albums for statehood quarters, ATB quarters, Mercury dimes, Sac dollars. After 10 years of collecting <b>I became much more</b> <b>focused</b> on which coins to put on my want list. That's the beauty of coin collecting...collect how you want to. The most important thing is having <b>fun</b> doing it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spirityoda, post: 6309688, member: 44633"]Collect [B]what you like[/B] because you are thee one getting the most enjoyment out of them. When I first started collecting coins about 21 years ago I was all over the place with no focus at all. Then as I went to more and more coin shows are started seeing coins I really wanted. I also bought many Krause world coin catalogs to look at coins that interested me. I started out in world coins because of the vast variety of coins to choose from. Then later I wanted to start collecting by themes... "Coins with [B]insects[/B]", "Coins with certain [B]stars[/B]", "Coins with [B]hands[/B]", "Coins with [B]small coins[/B] as the design itself", [B]Error[/B] coins, varied coin sides from [B]3-sided -12 sided coins[/B], [B]Misc. world coins[/B] collection, [B]Pop out[/B] coins, [B]Toned[/B] coins, my toned Canadian 25 cents and 50 cents collections. I do have some U.S. Dansco albums for statehood quarters, ATB quarters, Mercury dimes, Sac dollars. After 10 years of collecting [B]I became much more[/B] [B]focused[/B] on which coins to put on my want list. That's the beauty of coin collecting...collect how you want to. The most important thing is having [B]fun[/B] doing it.[/QUOTE]
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