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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3129865, member: 39084&quot;]Most (but not necessarily all) collectors on this site will tell you that there&#039;s no &quot;right&quot; or &quot;wrong&quot; way to collect ancient coins.&nbsp; This is the best advice you can listen to as you&#039;re learning about ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>As he implies above, DougSmit&#039;s personal preference is to collect a very broad range of coins for the educational value they provide, and his collection has literally thousands of coins that illustrate and elucidate differences among these coins.&nbsp; Unless you have an essentially unlimited budget, this preference will result in a collection that has more affordable coins rather than museum-quality display pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you spend time (a LOT of time) reviewing threads on this site, you&#039;ll see collection preferences including:</p><p><br /></p><p>- Roman Republican-era denarii</p><p>- Judaean coins</p><p>- Late Roman bronzes (LRBs)</p><p>- Flavian coins</p><p>- 12 Caesars collections</p><p>- Mythical animals (man-faced bulls, Chimaera, Pegasus, Griffin, winged boars)</p><p>- Greek vs. Roman</p><p>- Historically significant coins</p><p><br /></p><p>The list is endless.&nbsp; And usually, these threads/posts are accompanied by the collector&#039;s reasons for his/her collecting focus and why a particular coin appeals to them.&nbsp; This is where you&#039;ll learn even more about what coins may appeal to you, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some collections are extraordinarily high-end (<a href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.colosseocollection.com/home</a>), in addition to being significant in many other ways.&nbsp; What&#039;s great about this site is that no CoinTalk collector is collecting primarily or even secondarily to make a profit from his/her collection.&nbsp; While it&#039;s likely that many of the collectors here will realize long-term appreciation in some of their coins, that&#039;s incidental and irrelevant to their own preferences and the reasons they collect.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So you&#039;ll learn even from those posts illustrating coins that may be currently out of your reach financially.&nbsp; You&#039;ll learn why many (but not all) collectors here recommend buying the best coin you can afford (that appeals to you and fits your collecting focus), rather than just a hole-filler about which you may have some reservations and regrets at a later date.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this learning will take time and effort, but this site will give you the broadest range of opinions and preferences, as well as illustrations of coins that were purchased and the thinking behind those purchases.&nbsp; Be sure to start threads and ask questions about any topic that interests you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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