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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John the Jute, post: 659941, member: 17740&quot;]<b>In what order should I buy the coins for my collection?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hi Clive, Hello everybody,</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">May I get the ball rolling by asking how—once you’ve decided what you ultimately want to have in your collection—do you decide the order in which you buy the coins?&nbsp; My specific interest comprises sovereigns, of course, but I would welcome the experience of collectors in other areas.</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The reason for the question is that I have recently done the sums, and realized that collecting all the sovereigns I would love to have will take me more than 20 years … and I’m already over 60!&nbsp; I need to be more focused.&nbsp; So I have spent some time in review, and have postponed areas I find fascinating—such as post war Australians—in favour of the three targets that mean the most to me:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(1) a complete sovereign date set from 1817 to 1932 (except perhaps 1819); I still need 63 dates, nearly all of which are either</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(1a) Victorian shields, or</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(1b) Old Kings;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(2) a set of Canadian-struck sovereigns (except perhaps 1908 and 1916)—I have family links with Canada; and</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(3) a type set of quintuple sovereigns (except perhaps Una and the Lion)—I’m a sucker for large, pretty, gold coins.</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">At 3 to 4 ounces of gold a year, even this restricted collection will take me 10 years.</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Now should I keep my eye on all of these targets and buy coins as they crop up?&nbsp; Or should I concentrate on each area in turn, finishing one before moving on to another? And, if so, in what order should I tackle the areas?</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I suspect that decisions like this have faced many of the collectors on CoinTalk in their different areas of interest.&nbsp; We all find that we have more wishes for coins than we have money!</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Later,</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">John</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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