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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3323627, member: 19463&quot;]I buy coins that speak to me.&nbsp; I try to avoid coins I already have but I make mistakes in that department.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was very proud of myself finishing 2018 with the same number of coins I had on January 1, 2018.&nbsp; To do that, I gave away (and sold a few) as many coins as I bought.&nbsp; This year I am being more realistic and going to try to stay under 3500 total.&nbsp; So far this year I have 3 new coins and am really trying to cut back on the addiction. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since I don&#039;t work from a want list, I should not have an answer for this one but I do.&nbsp; I have wanted a liberal Aes Grave as for over 50 years and a denarius of Septimius Severus overstruck on a denarius of Pescennius Niger for 25 years.&nbsp; Neither is very likely to happen.&nbsp; I could but the as and not buy much else for the year but I would not enjoy it enough to make that the right thing to do. I will get the denarius as a sleeper if luck is with me.....or not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d guess 90% from shows or privately from dealers and 10% from auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I touch some coin daily and try to touch every coin at least once a year.&nbsp; All of my coins have not been in the same place all at once for about three years when I repackaged them to fit the bank boxes and home trays better.&nbsp; Now I have a lot of trays that are empty.&nbsp;&nbsp; Pictures: Every day!&nbsp; I probably shoot some coin on average once a week when I discover photos I can&#039;t stand.&nbsp; Some I improve, some make me want to get rid of the coin so it stops bothering me I can&#039;t get the photo right. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>None.&nbsp; If I see one of my coins when looking at old sales, I&#039;ll note it but most of my coins did not qualify for photos in the pre-digital period so I won&#039;t find as many as people who collect $four digit coins might.&nbsp; There was a time it was likely you would find as many denarii of Pertinax and Pescennius Niger illustrated in some catalogs as you would those of Septimius Severus in high end sales.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I estimate a couple thousand of which over half are in the attic untouched since I moved 16 years ago.&nbsp; I really don&#039;t know what to do with them since postage would exceed the value of some.&nbsp; There was a time that the mail brought a new catalog at least 3-4 days a week.&nbsp; Now I am lucky to get that many a year.&nbsp; A friend gave me a bunch of his a couple years ago and I looked at them and the better stuff I keep on shelves but rarely find time to think about the attic material.&nbsp; I really should before I pass away and all go to the recycle unsorted.&nbsp; Can I count my letters from other collectors received back in the pre-internet days when we had to stick stamps on envelopes to talk coins?&nbsp; Some of them are interesting and deserve to be reread but that is like the attic catalogs.&nbsp; I&#039;d get more of that done if I stopped spending so much time online[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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