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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3493996, member: 57463"]Great discussion. Thanks. I "Liked" every post. It was well worth considering.  A true collector (one who has "the gene you do not inherit") is concerned with four parameters: Completeness; Rarity; Condition; and (overarching) Value. It would be unusual for anyone here to buy for one dollar exactly one unique Mint-state coin for which an auction firm as advertised its willingness pay $10,000 to anyone who has it -- and then stop. Period. No more collecting. Got it. Done. Time for a new hobby. I own a coin. In fact, I own the coin. Don't need more. And you have have to really ask: What is it? In other words, even with ancients, varieties are known. And with ancients some basic considerations that do not apply to moderns can take front place: Centering and Strike. So, a coin may be "common" enough, but if yours is well-centered and well-struck, it could be objectively rare relative to all others of its kind. So, Rarity is just one factor...  And as indicated in all of the above, there's a lot to it. Thanks, again, to all for the insights.[/QUOTE]