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Message:: [QUOTE="ewomack, post: 6057986, member: 15588"]I went through a hoarder phase and quickly grew tired of it. To me, it felt like collecting for the sake of collecting and buying for the sake of buying. When I more than once bought a coin that I already had in my collection I knew it had gone too far. I did sell off some items, but I more so became extremely picky about what I brought in. Now I buy less than 10 coins a year, if that, and they all went through a a vetting process. I ask "do I really want this?" or "will I still want this in 10 years?" Almost always the answer is "no" or I find enough reasons not to buy something that it holds me back. I find that I now buy more expensive high quality coins than many lower quality "junk" or easily obtained coins. Overall, I'm more satisfied. Now I remain focused mostly on Japanese coins (I'll also keep my ancients and hammereds, but I don't have that many). As such, I could not resist this gorgeous Japanese 50 Sen when I came across it online. In my 10 years of searching, I've never seen one this nice for the price. Sometimes all one has to do is wait. [ATTACH=full]1244644[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1244645[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]