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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 2507312, member: 69089&quot;]I see one big problem for you that I can relate too as well:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The world is far too big of a place for one to indulge an obsession for building complete date sets. IMHO, trying to do so will inevitably produce budget constraints that lead to frustration...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Doubt and indecision...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So many coins that it becomes impossible to enjoy any of them...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...and then collecting stops being fun.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s great about getting off the &quot;complete series&quot; crazy train is that then your world collection can become whatever you want it to be, as well as a higher quality collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a lot of interest in Finland and Belgium? Then how about limiting yourself to one high quality example of whichever Finnish or Belgian coin you find most interesting?</p><p><br /></p><p>More interest in Mexico, or Great Britain, or Canada? Then perhaps consider a type set of one high quality example of each denomination from that country, or each denomination within a certain historical or numismatic period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compiling a complete set of a single denomination is fine if we&#039;re talking Franklin halves. But world coins demand a different mindset. Unless you focus on a single country, if you give in to the obsession for assembling complete date sets, then the collection is controlling you, rather than vice versa. And that can take the fun out of collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it were me, I&#039;d take a giant step back, look at my entire collection, and start to think of ways I could reshape it into something that&#039;s smaller, higher quality and ultimately more enjoyable.</p><p><br /></p><p>And don&#039;t worry for now about the closet full of extras that will result from this process. Store them away, forget you have them, and tell yourself you&#039;ll deal with them later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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