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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2535622, member: 10461"]I should add that if were "collecting within my means", I'd still be sticking circulated Lincoln cents or G-VG Indian Heads in a folder, or plucking Statehood quarters from circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>People of my economic means really don't have any business collecting $500+ coins, unless they develop some patience and smart strategies.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one reason I'm a World coin collector (aside from the fact that World coins go farther back in time and are inherently more interesting and often more beautiful than US coins). There is a lot more "bang for the buck" on the "Darkside"! And "bang for the buck" is one plank in my platform.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another way you can collect big(-ger) ticket coins if you're a peasant like me is to build up a collection of more modestly priced stuff (like, for instance, the VG Barber half set I worked on for a while, or the VG-F Walkers, the predecimal Irish set, etc). Then, when you've got your "subcollection" complete or nearly so, you sell it and build up enough to buy <i>one</i> bigger coin for your "primary" set. For example, the $2,500-ish Dahlonega quarter-eagle in my set is something I could've never bought under almost any circumstances, but I sold off a nearly complete type set of 1901 British Empire Victoria coins (forty-plus pieces, many quite nice), and funneled the proceeds from that into a single coin (the 1842-D half eagle).</p><p><br /></p><p>That's how it's done. A little bit at a time, very gradually.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I think the "buy the best you can afford" motto is sound advice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2535622, member: 10461"]I should add that if were "collecting within my means", I'd still be sticking circulated Lincoln cents or G-VG Indian Heads in a folder, or plucking Statehood quarters from circulation. People of my economic means really don't have any business collecting $500+ coins, unless they develop some patience and smart strategies. This is one reason I'm a World coin collector (aside from the fact that World coins go farther back in time and are inherently more interesting and often more beautiful than US coins). There is a lot more "bang for the buck" on the "Darkside"! And "bang for the buck" is one plank in my platform. Another way you can collect big(-ger) ticket coins if you're a peasant like me is to build up a collection of more modestly priced stuff (like, for instance, the VG Barber half set I worked on for a while, or the VG-F Walkers, the predecimal Irish set, etc). Then, when you've got your "subcollection" complete or nearly so, you sell it and build up enough to buy [I]one[/I] bigger coin for your "primary" set. For example, the $2,500-ish Dahlonega quarter-eagle in my set is something I could've never bought under almost any circumstances, but I sold off a nearly complete type set of 1901 British Empire Victoria coins (forty-plus pieces, many quite nice), and funneled the proceeds from that into a single coin (the 1842-D half eagle). That's how it's done. A little bit at a time, very gradually. And I think the "buy the best you can afford" motto is sound advice.[/QUOTE]
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