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<p>[QUOTE="desertgoon, post: 1672322, member: 38975"]I noticed I've slowly accumulated quite a few rather common items that I'm finding it difficult to part with. It started when I was CRH halves and the teller produced about a dozen NIFC blue & white rolls of 2001+ kennedy halves. I thought they were really cool, so I picked up more on ebay at face value + shipping. I also picked up numerous brown & blue IKEs and 40% bicentennials sets. Finally.... I thought it was a good idea to own one of each year proof set from the early 60s forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now have a big 'ole rubbermaid container filled with this stuff. I've only pulled it out once to look at, but I'm finding it hard to part with. None of it is particularly valuable, and it all could be easily replaced. None of it is even remotely rare, but I'm having a tough time parting with it. On the other hand, I know if I did sell it all, I could buy a nice AU/MS Trade Dollar or something else I'd appreciate much more. I don't want to take it all to the LCS and realize a big loss, but this stuff is just tying up space and money.</p><p><br /></p><p>After my common coin set purchasing sugar rush finally wore off 2 years ago, I moved on to slowly working on a nice Dansco 7070 type set collection (which brings me way more enjoyment.) The only other common coin sets I still enjoy are my proof state quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>How did this happen? Why did I get so addicted to low-value super common coin sets? Maybe I'm slowly maturing as a collector and/or my tastes are changing. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgoon, post: 1672322, member: 38975"]I noticed I've slowly accumulated quite a few rather common items that I'm finding it difficult to part with. It started when I was CRH halves and the teller produced about a dozen NIFC blue & white rolls of 2001+ kennedy halves. I thought they were really cool, so I picked up more on ebay at face value + shipping. I also picked up numerous brown & blue IKEs and 40% bicentennials sets. Finally.... I thought it was a good idea to own one of each year proof set from the early 60s forward. Now have a big 'ole rubbermaid container filled with this stuff. I've only pulled it out once to look at, but I'm finding it hard to part with. None of it is particularly valuable, and it all could be easily replaced. None of it is even remotely rare, but I'm having a tough time parting with it. On the other hand, I know if I did sell it all, I could buy a nice AU/MS Trade Dollar or something else I'd appreciate much more. I don't want to take it all to the LCS and realize a big loss, but this stuff is just tying up space and money. After my common coin set purchasing sugar rush finally wore off 2 years ago, I moved on to slowly working on a nice Dansco 7070 type set collection (which brings me way more enjoyment.) The only other common coin sets I still enjoy are my proof state quarter. How did this happen? Why did I get so addicted to low-value super common coin sets? Maybe I'm slowly maturing as a collector and/or my tastes are changing. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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