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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 3007939, member: 91609&quot;]Well, I&#039;ll add my 2 cents (probably more like 14,273 cents worth)....as a kid (50&#039;s &amp; 60&#039;s), I filled coin books with whatever I could find, and regularly updated as I went along.&nbsp; Back then, I was specifically putting sets together.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only set I&#039;ve collected in the last 30 yrs is the state quarters (for my grandkids).&nbsp; While I do continue to upgrade (&amp; complete) my previously started sets from time to time (yes, I still have them all), my main focus has been &quot;what strikes me, best coin available at that time, right price, what I am willing to spend&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Therefore most of my purchases are slabbed (unless I can see it in hand), and yes I do have multiple examples of the same coins, ie, I have several 1909 S VDB&#039;s.&nbsp; When I look, or have the urge now, it has to be a coin that I like.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the last 30 yrs, I&#039;ve only had 3 &quot;Nevers&quot;:&nbsp; (1)&nbsp; Never regretted not getting (missing out on) a particular coin, because there&#039;s always another right down the road;&nbsp; (2) I have never in my life sold or traded a coin - that&#039;s a job for my heirs; and (3)&nbsp; never acquired an ancient (this &quot;never&quot; I intend to break some day)<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I just continue with my &quot;Eclectic Box of 2000+&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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