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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2501935, member: 73165&quot;]As I see it, one has basically two good options for collecting on a budget: saving up for possibly a long time to buy the key coins, or collecting in an area where everything&#039;s affordable.&nbsp; I&#039;m not going to look down on someone&#039;s collection just because the budget is lower than what I put into mine; there are coins I&#039;m after that I&#039;m just going to have to save up for, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s semi-obvious how do the former.&nbsp; For the latter, I&#039;m going to mostly stay away from specific recommendations (mostly because I don&#039;t know your budget) and just say to take a look at world coins, ancients, and exonumia.&nbsp; More generally, try taking your budget in mind when you set out on a collecting endeavor, rather than at the end.&nbsp; Staring at those last couple of holes in an album, believing they&#039;ll never get filled, isn&#039;t a lot of fun, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>For myself, I&#039;ve looked at Canadian large cents as a budget series with no real key dates (other than some varieties that can be omitted).&nbsp; I&#039;m also hunting down state quarters in PCGS MS66 flag holders (which is actually a real challenge, as they&#039;re more uncommon than you&#039;d think!).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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