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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3323532, member: 21445&quot;]- What metrics do you choose to add coins?</p><p><b>Cost, I look for coins that catch my eye and tend to go unnoticed. Many times this yields me many bargains for comparable coins on Vcoins, dealers, or over price regular auction houses that tack on high fees/shipping.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- Do you have a rough size of a collection in mind (10, 100, 5000, 1000, 50,000 coins?)</p><p><b>No</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- Do you work off of a &quot;wantlist&quot;? How has your wantlist changed over time? How rigid are you with following your wantlist and plans?</p><p><b>Not too much. I have a mental list and most of it consists of Roman Imperials, Medievals, Alexandria/Syria Tetradrachms.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>But I often stray to Persian, Byzantine, Sasanian.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I also love World Moderns equally as much as Ancients. So when ancients/medievals go in a dry period, I drift to world moderns.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- What&#039;s the longest you&#039;ve waited to find a coin you&#039;ve wanted? How long have you been waiting for your current target?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A couple of years.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I still have 2 wants. One is rare, other is expensive but I await a cheap version to appear.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- What portion of purchases do you make privately vs from auctions?</p><p><b>Mainly ebay, follow by Vcoins and couple of other dealers.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Private not so much unless a fellow CT has something I like &amp; priced right.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- How often do you handle your coins or look at your pictures?</p><p><b>Literally 3 times a week. It&#039;s relaxing. Plus some I always watch for bronze disease.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- How much time do you spend searching for lost pedigrees?</p><p><b>Not much at all. Honestly don&#039;t care. If I find an old auction or something that has a coin I got, great, if not, o well.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>- How many books/catalogs do you own or have easy access to?</p><p><b>4 &amp; whatever is online.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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