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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Di Nomos, post: 3328022, member: 100847&quot;]Have enjoyed reading the responses in this thread. My small collection pales in contrast to most on here, but I&#039;ll answer the questions anyway.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>What metrics do you choose to add coins? </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I collect ancient Greek coins. Nothing specific, what I admire and can afford. Looking to get a representative collection covering all areas and eras. Happy with what I have achieved so far. Have about 70 coins total. I have an abafil case with two trays of 24 spaces each. My aim is to fill the two trays with coins I adore and admire. Not sure if they are different things, but I have 15 coins that I like to look at the most, I adore these coins. They are in one tray. I have the other tray filled with coins I admire. So still looking for 9 more coins I adore....easily found....harder to get hold of on limited funds! The other 20 odd coins I own need to be sold at some stage as I don’t look at them anymore. In short I’m a minimalist and enjoy quality over quantity.</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>48 – plus a few cheaper one’s for my kids to handle and hopefully get involved in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Do you work off of a &quot;wantlist&quot;? </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I want an Athenian decadrachm!! Of my 15 “favourite” coins, 5 are from Italy/Sicily, 5 from mainland Greece and 5 from Asia Minor. Of those, 5 are archaic, 9 classical and 1 Helenistic. Vary from tetradrachm to trites. I like beauty, and value centering over condition, though don’t go below VF. Most of those 15 coins would be graded gVF or better.</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>Not looking for anything specific, so haven’t really waited for anything as such. My last purchase was a Thurium double nomos signed by Istoros, that is something I’ve admired and very pleased to own. The other coin I really wanted was an archaic Athens tetradrachm. Have a well centred one of those in great condition. They both took a bit of waiting I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What portion of purchases do you make privately vs from auctions?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>All my purchases are from auctions. I look at on-line shops, but rarely find anything that grabs me. Usually CNG mail bid sales or Nomos in Switzerland are where I do my business.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>How often do you handle your coins or look at your pictures?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever the wife and kids are busy, I like to get into my &quot;library&quot; as I call it and have a look. Don&#039;t spend as much time as I would like though. Look at photos of my coins all the time though.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>How much time do you spend searching for lost pedigrees?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Not much, mainly because I don’t have the time. It’s something I’m interested in though. Would love to find a surprise Gillet connection one day.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>How many books/catalogs do you own or have easy access to? </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Have about 100 books specific to ancient Greek coins. I love reading actually, and find the photo plates in some of the really old books to be exceptional. Have a number of first editions from authors such as Percy Gardner, Barclay Head, George Hill, Charles Seltman and others. Also have complete BMC reprints from the 60’s...could never afford the originals of those![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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