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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3325119, member: 26302&quot;]- What metrics do you choose to add coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I add coins that I find interesting. No other reason. The interest could be a myriad of reasons, from historical importance, to design, to other history related to the ruler, to significance in local commerce and coinage.No limitations, which is why I came to ancient coins. US coins have parameters OTHERS have tried to impose on me, like you allude in your original post of &quot;US coins have 137 Types&quot;. I will not be told by others what I &quot;have to have&quot;.</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><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Right now I own maybe 4000 ancients (I own US and world coins as well) that I would say need to be in flips and attributed properly. My parameters for that decision would roughly be about $40 in value should be in a flip, lower can be in bags. Will I stop? No. I have no idea where it will top out at, maybe 10,000 ancients. I have probably about another 3000-4000 that are just in bags, and I will leave there, (sub $40 per coin).</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><br /></p><p>&nbsp; My wantlist change over time of course as I buy some from my wantlist and as I see others I was unaware of. I collect various categories and areas simultaneously, having subcollections like Merovingian, CLEO VII portrait, and others that are pretty scarce to get buying opportunities. Since I have some scarce sub-specialties, I have to have many going to be able to have opportunities to buy. Others are more available, like Persis silver, Sasanian, Hunnic, etc. Right now my want list, if I had to think about it, probably is about 300 coins I want to buy if I find it for a reasonable price, at least ones I am aware exist.</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>&nbsp; I waited over a decade for a Christopher silver Byzantine. Gold was easy, but silver tough. Three weeks after I finally got one a group lot of Byzantine silver came up with another one, so I bought it too. Tens years of waiting makes you cranky... I also waited about a decade for a Cleo VII portrait tet to buy that was a better trade off of detail versus price. Quite a few AG/barely recognizable pieces, and a few gVF/horribly expensive pieces I saw come and go. I finally found a pleasant F that I could justify buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>- What portion of purchases do you make privately vs from auctions?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; More auctions, but that is a function of me not going to ancient coin shows. With auctions I can buy from anywhere in the world via the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>- How often do you handle your coins or look at your pictures?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Not often enough. I am waiting for retirement to be able to play with my coins more. Anytime I look inside the SDB in boxes half of the coins I do not remember at all purchasing. Its fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>- How much time do you spend searching for lost pedigrees?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; None really. I am always conscience to retain whatever info I got with the purchase and document auction firm and lot number I got it from, but do not chase them personally.</p><p><br /></p><p>- How many books/catalogs do you own or have easy access to?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; No idea about catalogs, as most in cases in the basement. Books on ancient coins only and not history? Maybe 650, and another 250 on US/World coins.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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