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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2435349, member: 19463&quot;]I could not agree more.&nbsp; Ancients come in so many variations for emperors, family members, cities, regions and times that it seems a shame to start off by limiting yourself to filling holes.&nbsp; If you watch here for a while you may just see some coins that strike you as really interesting but just don&#039;t fit in a hole in your planned collection.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of us have a specialty that accounts for a large percentage of our new purchases.&nbsp; Some, myself included, have several main foci but still try to keep an open mind to adding a coin that we previously just did not know existed but that cried out &quot;Buy me!&quot;&nbsp; I have a general collection, a half dozen specialties and, after 50 years collecting, still don&#039;t have some of the 117 rulers let alone the additional 31 or the people that failed to make either list.&nbsp; Don&#039;t let the coins you don&#039;t have drive your purchases.&nbsp; Concentrate instead on coins that you want for a reason better than you don&#039;t have one.&nbsp; There are at least a million ancient coin variations I don&#039;t have.&nbsp; That is OK.&nbsp; It seems the huge variety means there is always something of interest vying for my money. </p><p><br /></p><p>Recently we were asked to post an image of our twelve favorite coins:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/top-twelve-favorites-one-photo.279157/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/top-twelve-favorites-one-photo.279157/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/top-twelve-favorites-one-photo.279157/</a></p><p>&nbsp;If you did not see the thread, you might enjoy seeing what is there.&nbsp; Some of the coins cost over $10,000 while some others were under $10.&nbsp; Chances are good that you will not see half of the coins posted there in the next few years but the other half might just include the coin type you buy next.&nbsp; While each of those who posted showed their favorite 12 coins, notice how few coins appear in more than one group.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is the hobby I like - not one making every collection alike.&nbsp; It is your decision where to go next.&nbsp; All we ask is that you give it some thought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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