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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25375166, member: 10461&quot;]For the past several months, I had taken to limiting my primary collection to just 100 certified coins.&nbsp; <i>Exactly</i> one hundred pieces.&nbsp; I was calling it “The Eclectic Hundred”, which had a nice ring to it.&nbsp; (It is indeed a very eclectic assortment.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The challenge to this fixed-size collection concept (which is usually called the “Box of 20” since standard slab boxes fit 20 coins) is that in order to <i>add</i> a new coin to the collection, you have to <i>drop</i> one.&nbsp; The idea is that your collection retains the same exact <i>quantity</i>, but you try to gradually increase the <i>quality</i> of your holdings over time, by dropping the lower-end pieces and adding higher-end ones in their place, while always keeping the same number of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was up for that challenge for a little while.&nbsp; But in the end, I found it too difficult deciding what to drop with each new addition.&nbsp; I had no more long term success with the “Box of 100” concept than I did with the original “Box of 20” idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main reason I had gone to a “Box of 100” and a fixed-size, limited-quantity collection again was one, because a smaller collection is easier to organize and manage, and two, I had maxed out all of the available space inside my safe deposit box.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I’ve just gotten a <i>second</i> safe deposit box (hey, problem solved! haha), and <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/4508/lordmarcovan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/4508/lordmarcovan" rel="nofollow">I’ve broken the collection back out into several subcategories</a> instead of having them all in the same virtual “box”.&nbsp; So now the collection is again free to grow without me having to make tough decisions on what to sell every time I want to make a new addition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are any of you “Box of 20” or “Box of 100” collectors, who stick to a fixed-size collection?&nbsp; Hats off to you if you’re up to that challenge.&nbsp; I have (again) proved too weak to pull it off in the long term.&nbsp; It takes a lot of material detachment to sell one’s darlings- even when you’re adding “better” coins in their place. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I still think it’s a good discipline for those who are up to the challenge.&nbsp; I do remain a believer in the “quality over quantity” maxim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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