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<p>[QUOTE="Sealgair, post: 3231216, member: 97867"]I am new to this forum and, though I started collecting casually as a child—am now at 76 only relatively new at serious collecting. So maybe my opinion is worth little. But I collect undet several DIFFERENT sets of values. I buy some unusual new issues (like the so-far unique US reverse silver proof set) and relatively higher end Morgans, where increased value is a goal. But I am also setting up sets for my grandchildren to teach them history of varying types—hence, an example of as many coins as financially reasonable of British rulers, starting with the British Celtic tribes, the appropriate Roman rulers (esp those like Septimus Severus who were actually in country), Anglo-Saxon and Danish, then Norman to the end. I do not mind the thought of not having EVERY ruler—the cost of a Maude is likely never to be within my range, so I reduce my chances of going bonkers or broke looking for White Whales. I also am trying to illustrate 20th century Europe, including the occupation substitue coinages of the Nazis. The MAIN goal here is not so much to get them into coins per se, but to intrigue them about the history that lies behind them Finally, I have a couple of quirky topics—owls (a focus of my beloved grandfather’s collection of stuff, now spread into the following generations) and my own Mythical Beasties like dragons, basilsks, centaurs,and the like. There again I try to keep a perspective—buying every single example of every Chinese zodiac dragon would give me a big bunch of cheesy coins, along with some real aesthetic beauties. So, my advice, for what it’s worth, is to keep your perspective, as others have counselled, and don’t get pathologically obsessive about anything. There are many different reasons to buy any particular coin—I have pulled the now-obvious counterfeits out as examples of man’s veniologies and my ignorance so even my mistakes can be worth something, just as when I was lecturing about Navajo jewelry, I also displayed a few examples of “cooked” turquoise. Everyone here will, and has, tell you that only the kucky and highly disciplined few will ever make much profit so what is left is that which gives you value—in my case my grandchildren’s historical education and my personal fascination with what made earlier human beings make “real” certain counterfactual ideas like fly[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sealgair, post: 3231216, member: 97867"]I am new to this forum and, though I started collecting casually as a child—am now at 76 only relatively new at serious collecting. So maybe my opinion is worth little. But I collect undet several DIFFERENT sets of values. I buy some unusual new issues (like the so-far unique US reverse silver proof set) and relatively higher end Morgans, where increased value is a goal. But I am also setting up sets for my grandchildren to teach them history of varying types—hence, an example of as many coins as financially reasonable of British rulers, starting with the British Celtic tribes, the appropriate Roman rulers (esp those like Septimus Severus who were actually in country), Anglo-Saxon and Danish, then Norman to the end. I do not mind the thought of not having EVERY ruler—the cost of a Maude is likely never to be within my range, so I reduce my chances of going bonkers or broke looking for White Whales. I also am trying to illustrate 20th century Europe, including the occupation substitue coinages of the Nazis. The MAIN goal here is not so much to get them into coins per se, but to intrigue them about the history that lies behind them Finally, I have a couple of quirky topics—owls (a focus of my beloved grandfather’s collection of stuff, now spread into the following generations) and my own Mythical Beasties like dragons, basilsks, centaurs,and the like. There again I try to keep a perspective—buying every single example of every Chinese zodiac dragon would give me a big bunch of cheesy coins, along with some real aesthetic beauties. So, my advice, for what it’s worth, is to keep your perspective, as others have counselled, and don’t get pathologically obsessive about anything. There are many different reasons to buy any particular coin—I have pulled the now-obvious counterfeits out as examples of man’s veniologies and my ignorance so even my mistakes can be worth something, just as when I was lecturing about Navajo jewelry, I also displayed a few examples of “cooked” turquoise. Everyone here will, and has, tell you that only the kucky and highly disciplined few will ever make much profit so what is left is that which gives you value—in my case my grandchildren’s historical education and my personal fascination with what made earlier human beings make “real” certain counterfactual ideas like fly[/QUOTE]
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