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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2515048, member: 10461&quot;]Exactly!&nbsp; A smaller collection means your working capital is less diluted and even a low-budget guy like me can (with some work) pursue nicer quality coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Really the one criterion above all is that it&#039;s something I like and find attractive.&nbsp; I like coins that score high on both the historical and eye appeal fronts.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t quite bring myself to add something rare but ugly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, that being said, I did see fit to add a modern piece or two to the set, and that&#039;s how that Canadian gold piece ended up in there.&nbsp; I thought it was gorgeous, and the fact that it also had a half-ounce of gold bullion was a plus.&nbsp; It gave me something in my set that was attractive but expendable- and expend it I just did, to buy my new camera setup.&nbsp; So it&#039;s gone now- I just haven&#039;t got the images and writeups for the new additions ready yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because I have in the past collected US coins, British coins, and Roman Imperial coins, all of those categories are represented by multiple examples in the present set.&nbsp; It&#039;s just the sort of stuff I gravitate to.&nbsp; The set does tend to be a bit Western-oriented, though I had a <a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Box%20of%2020/Japan-Meiji-AV-Nibu-kin1868-1869-013400-frame-v2.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Box%20of%2020/Japan-Meiji-AV-Nibu-kin1868-1869-013400-frame-v2.png" rel="nofollow">cute little Japanese piece</a> for a while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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