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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2779896, member: 10461&quot;]I like them, but there is <i>entirely</i> too much other stuff on my radar.&nbsp; Back about ten? twelve? years ago, when bullion was cheaper, I toyed with the idea of doing a one-per-monarch sovereign type set.&nbsp; (Was surprised to find George VI would be the tough one.)&nbsp; I think I even bought one coin (maybe an Edward VII) but didn&#039;t get too far with it, because ... you guessed it!&nbsp; Too much other interesting stuff on my radar.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of half-sovereigns:</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 on my list of &quot;Top Five Coins I Wish I&#039;d Never Sold&quot; is an 1893 proof half-sovereign.&nbsp; I don&#039;t even remember the slab, now - it was either old small ANACS or NGC - a PR64, I&#039;m pretty sure.&nbsp; But that thing was a frosty CAM at least, if not DCAM, though that designation was not noted on the label.&nbsp; It was a stunning little coin and I actually wore it as my avatar piece for a little while over on Collectors Universe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course even if I hadn&#039;t sold it prior to the recession, I would&#039;ve been forced to do so in the 2008 layoff.&nbsp; My collection has been pillaged and burnt to the ground by circumstance so many times that I&#039;ve actually developed a more detached air as a result.&nbsp; The 2013 Great Purge that resulted in the selloff of <i>all</i> my collections (except detector finds) was at least voluntary.&nbsp; That started me towards this current &quot;Eclectic Box&quot; endeavor, which is versatile enough to keep me interested for a long time to come.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve come a long way numismatically in four years, let alone the last decade.&nbsp; Never mind the last four decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry.&nbsp; Rambling again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alas, I have no photos of my 1893 proof half-sov.&nbsp; Even the old CU avatar picture of it is kaput.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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