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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3229841, member: 112"]As long as he doesn't answer that - he won't. And you didn't because I'm assuming, and I think rightly so, that you said that just to get him to think about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Blazer, I was never really a set collector either, though there were some few times where I did complete a set or two over the years. But for the most part I bought coins that I liked - for whatever reason. As long as I liked them that was enough, even if there was only 1 like it in my collection. And if I didn't like it I wouldn't buy it no matter how good of a deal it was or even when I wanted or needed one like that. Even then I would wait until one that I did like came up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, as other have said, there is no right or wrong way to go about collecting coins. But if you wish to focus on one particular thing, one particular set, then by all means do so. Just realize that eventually you're going to complete it. And then you'll be doing it all over again.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a way I kind of did something like that too. I collected US coins for about 40 years. Then one day I up and sold them all and started collecting world coins. Then one day I up and sold all of them too, and quit collecting coins completely because I finally realized it was the study of coins that I really loved - not the collecting of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, there's no right or wrong, just do it however you see fit to do it. Even that means keeping what you already have, and focusing on just 1 thing for the foreseeable future. Who knows, maybe doing that will satisfy your need.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3229841, member: 112"]As long as he doesn't answer that - he won't. And you didn't because I'm assuming, and I think rightly so, that you said that just to get him to think about it. And Blazer, I was never really a set collector either, though there were some few times where I did complete a set or two over the years. But for the most part I bought coins that I liked - for whatever reason. As long as I liked them that was enough, even if there was only 1 like it in my collection. And if I didn't like it I wouldn't buy it no matter how good of a deal it was or even when I wanted or needed one like that. Even then I would wait until one that I did like came up. Bottom line, as other have said, there is no right or wrong way to go about collecting coins. But if you wish to focus on one particular thing, one particular set, then by all means do so. Just realize that eventually you're going to complete it. And then you'll be doing it all over again. In a way I kind of did something like that too. I collected US coins for about 40 years. Then one day I up and sold them all and started collecting world coins. Then one day I up and sold all of them too, and quit collecting coins completely because I finally realized it was the study of coins that I really loved - not the collecting of them. Like I said, there's no right or wrong, just do it however you see fit to do it. Even that means keeping what you already have, and focusing on just 1 thing for the foreseeable future. Who knows, maybe doing that will satisfy your need.[/QUOTE]
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