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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jmferris, post: 2419798, member: 78421&quot;]Over the last few days of cataloging my collection, I have started to question my approach.&nbsp; Up until now, I have been going for a quality-first approach with the series that I collect.&nbsp; For example, any Capped Bust series, I have been setting a VF minimum for anything that I acquire and for any Liberty Seated series, I have been setting a XF minimum.&nbsp; While I was cataloging, I did see that I have nice specimens of what I collect, but it will take a long time to hit any sort of completeness - and that is without even delving into varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I was wondering is, for those of you who collect by series, what is your approach?&nbsp; Do you look for specimens only of a specific quality, or do you try and &quot;fill the holes&quot;, so to speak?&nbsp; The biggest advantages that I see for a completeness-first approach would be that it is more bang for the buck, quicker to grow the collection, and initially more cost-effective.&nbsp; On the other hand, a quality-first approach means that it is going to be slower to grow, more limited choices, and the inevitable concern of having to deal with moving specimens that have been upgraded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Figured the best way to get an idea of what people do would be to throw up a bit of a poll.&nbsp; Did not see a similar question asked, so apologies if I missed it.&nbsp; Three basic choices, being &quot;Completeness-First&quot;, &quot;Quality-First&quot;, and &quot;Other.&nbsp; Please explain.&quot;&nbsp; Would love to get some ideas of what others are doing, as I am very much thinking about moving towards the world of &quot;Completeness-First&quot;, while also upgrading along the way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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