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Message:: [QUOTE="quick dog, post: 70520, member: 4093"]I have possessed thousands of foreign coins for more than 40 years.  My dad was an international banker in Los Angeles.  He didn't really collect coins.  He just grabed a few coins every week and tossed them into a steel box for 40 years. For a very long time, I have been trying to decide how to start a "real" coin collection.  Years ago, I placed most of the coins in paper-plastic coin holders and stashed them away.  Nevertheless, it's not an organized collection.  There is no theme, just a lot of junk with a few dozen fairly nice old coins. I have concluded after reviewing several dozen Coin Talk threads that the way to start a "real" coin collection would be to pick a "theme", add appropriate coins to the collection, and basically sell everything else.  Does this sound about right?  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]