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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 7660006, member: 71642&quot;]Welcome, and welcome to a great hobby!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of people try the &#039;one from every country&#039; idea.&nbsp; I started with an older Krause 1901-date, and quickly discovered a few things.&nbsp; Great idea and fun, but how did I want to pursue &#039;country&#039;?&nbsp; Dive deep into Indian Princely States, the German States, etc.&nbsp; Not only that, I found it difficult to confine myself to just one coin per country, which is how I now have a rather extensive Albanian coin collection, it was hard getting past the letter A.&nbsp; In any case getting some old volumes and doing some old fashioned page flipping is a good way to generate ideas.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you have some great ideas.&nbsp; I dropped the OFEC to focus on a Japanese type set (which has also expanded to date sets), the Albanians, with a few sidebars of French Fourth Republic and other random things.&nbsp; The beauty is you can pick whatever tickles your fancy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another approach I&#039;ve seen has been a variation on the &#039;Box of Twenty&#039;.&nbsp; Basically, from the person who I think originated that, was keep one slab box of 20 coins that appealed for whatever reason.&nbsp; No theme, rhyme, or reason.&nbsp; He figured (correctly) he could condense to a few quality pieces after amassing a rather large accumulation.&nbsp; It came in handy during a hurricane evacuation and all he had to do was grab one box if I recall that story correctly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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