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<p>[QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2498130, member: 78153"]I don't collect any US coins so my experience differs from most here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I originally selected the series I collect due to a combination of liking the designs and having lived in these countries when I was younger.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was only after I started collecting them that I became aware of their relative scarcity and most of them are at least somewhat hard to find in the quality most US collectors will accept and many are either "grade rare" and certainly absolutely scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Due to availability, I don't even attempt to buy conditionally scarce coins. The quality I will accept depends upon a combination of factors: how much I like the series relative to the others I collect and when deciding between multiple coins available at the same time, my guesstimate of how hard both are to find if I do not buy both or all of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not really attempting to complete any sets, certainly not date sets due to a combination of budget limitations and availability. In the series I collect, there are many coins I have never seen or in such un appealing quality (combination of damaged and lack of detail) that it is either impractical or effectively impossible. I will eventually complete multiple type sets and all of these coins will be "choice".</p><p><br /></p><p>Its possible I may move in another direction (though I haven't done so since resuming collecting in 1998) due to budget constraints. But if I do, I will specifically avoid practically any coin or series which is common.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't find it interesting or challenging to collect a coin or series which can be bought on demand or short notice. I also don't find the differences between various MS grades or specializations practiced by US collectors significant either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="World Colonial, post: 2498130, member: 78153"]I don't collect any US coins so my experience differs from most here. I originally selected the series I collect due to a combination of liking the designs and having lived in these countries when I was younger. It was only after I started collecting them that I became aware of their relative scarcity and most of them are at least somewhat hard to find in the quality most US collectors will accept and many are either "grade rare" and certainly absolutely scarce. Due to availability, I don't even attempt to buy conditionally scarce coins. The quality I will accept depends upon a combination of factors: how much I like the series relative to the others I collect and when deciding between multiple coins available at the same time, my guesstimate of how hard both are to find if I do not buy both or all of them. I'm not really attempting to complete any sets, certainly not date sets due to a combination of budget limitations and availability. In the series I collect, there are many coins I have never seen or in such un appealing quality (combination of damaged and lack of detail) that it is either impractical or effectively impossible. I will eventually complete multiple type sets and all of these coins will be "choice". Its possible I may move in another direction (though I haven't done so since resuming collecting in 1998) due to budget constraints. But if I do, I will specifically avoid practically any coin or series which is common. I don't find it interesting or challenging to collect a coin or series which can be bought on demand or short notice. I also don't find the differences between various MS grades or specializations practiced by US collectors significant either.[/QUOTE]
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