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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;softmentor, post: 1473584, member: 10469&quot;]Yes, and. I have to say I&#039;m something of a hybrid. For you Camaro fans, I used to drive a 1971 Cougar XR7 convertible with a 351 high performance engine (10:1 compression ratio) that would go 147 on flat ground (rrroOOOowwwww). Now I drive a hybrid. Interests change over time. Still drive a car.</p><p>I started out grabbing silver in 1965. Then moved to filling holes. Then moved to growing into new series that you could not find in circulation. Through it all, I have always enjoyed upgrading, improving and striving toward perfection as well as completion.</p><p>After that, my interests have been in cycles, both filling holes and upgrading. I like comparing my latest circulation find to my album and get excited when I move up 2 points of grading. I will occasionally sell or more often trade some of my circulation finds to upgrade something or add something to a set that I would never find in circulation. I have always loved a proof set with its exquisite mirror perfection. </p><p>Filling holes, along with circulation searching, has come in waves. First back in the mid 1960&#039;s as a pup, starting at age 8, then again in 1970, and again in 1979, most recently again since 2010. Its something I have returned to over time, and always seem to find pleasure in it. Throughout these periods I have also always enjoyed what I had but was never satisfied to just accept the quality I had, but I also cultivate it,&nbsp; slowly patiently growing it, and improving it.</p><p>So I&#039;m a hybrid of what our OP had described. Both the hole filler, and the seeker of excellence. I love them both. Collecting is different things to different people and also is different things in different times to the individual. And that&#039;s what makes horse racing, driving cars, and coin collecting so interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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