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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 3327596, member: 83175&quot;]Well, let&#039;s see...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- What metrics do you choose to add coins?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Mostly, I collect Roman Republican coins - the simplest metric is &quot;Do I already have it?&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; If not, I will usually try to buy it, subject to cost.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of my earlier purchases are in need of upgrading, so that&#039;s also a consideration.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then, there are several issues with interesting symbols - Piso Frugi, Papia denarii, so there could be a branch collection of these.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also have other collecting areas - one was &quot;Iconic Greek City Coins&quot; - Owl of Athens, Pegasus of Corinth, Turtle of Aegina, Wrestlers of Aspendos, Satyr/Nymph of Thasos and so on.&nbsp;&nbsp; Where to stop there depends on how iconic they need to be and how many versions are needed and the quality.&nbsp;&nbsp; Coins of Sicily have also interested me, but I have more quantity than quality there.&nbsp;&nbsp; And Irish coins - not ancient, of course, as the series only starts around 995AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got 10 coins in the post today - 7 RR asses - types I mostly didn&#039;t have or represented possible upgrades, 2 small Greek bronzes from Myrina and Kyme and a countermarked Augustus, bought for its collection of countermarks.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, as well as more organised collection areas, anything which doesn&#039;t break the bank and is interesting is worth a look.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Do you have a rough size of a collection in mind (10, 100, 5000, 1000, 50,000 coins?)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got about 2000 ancient coins at the moment; around 550 of these are Roman Republican.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t currently have any limit in mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; As far as the RR coins go, they will get more expensive over time as the gaps get harder to fill and eventually cost and availability will probably restrict me to a few coins a year, but I think I have a couple of decades yet.&nbsp;&nbsp; After that, there are a few hundred symbols on the denarii mentioned above.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- 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?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a wantlist - I have a reasonably accurate list of what I have (for RR coins) and in principle anything not on that list is on an imaginary wantlist.</p><p>Obviously, if something rare and affordable appears, that&#039;s a target of opportunity, otherwise I&#039;m interested in anything new.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- 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?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no specific targets - there are a few coins I&#039;ve wanted for years but have always frittered away funds on other things, so they will have to wait <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>- What portion of purchases do you make privately vs from auctions?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Privately as in from other collectors, a small percentage.&nbsp;&nbsp; In recent years, mostly I&#039;ve got things at online auctions, a decreasing percentage from fixed price lists (though there are occasional bargains) and a few each year from fairs.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- How often do you handle your coins or look at your pictures?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>As with everyone else, my most expensive coins are kept in a safety deposit box, but what&#039;s at home gets looked at a lot.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve recently got a macro lens and improved my lighting a bit, so I hope to take better photos.&nbsp;&nbsp; From time to time, I rearrange them, to include new additions or whatever, so there&#039;s a bit of handling.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- How much time do you spend searching for lost pedigrees?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Not much, but I did find one coin in Banti with a 1913 pedigree, so that was nice.</p><p>I&#039;m interested in tracing lost pedigrees, but don&#039;t spend much time at it yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- How many books/catalogs do you own or have easy access to?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Somewhere over two hundred books - I made a spreadsheet of them, because I accidentally bought a few duplicates - plus a lot of catalogues.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t read the books as much as I should, but have a reasonable selection.&nbsp;&nbsp; Online references are OK in a pinch, but there are many errors, propagated when people don&#039;t refer to the main references themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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