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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3374159, member: 44316"]We have heard from many members who have refocused their collections. I am one of the members who might not have responded in this thread because I have not much refocused my interests, rather expanded them. To me, all ancient coins are interesting and some are more interesting than others. The last three coins I bought would not have been near the top of any "want list" of mine, but are fascinating none-the-less. </p><p><br /></p><p>I talked on the phone to a coin-friend last night who told me he had recently bought a coin he knew almost nothing about. It prompted a lot of research and he remarked that was enjoyable and a big part of the hobby for him. Research and learning are inexpensive compared to coins (even if you buy books) and we all have budgets.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I have refocused, it has been because I had learned a lot about any "focus" I was working on and felt the ratio of dollars-per-next-coin to learning got too high. (In ancient coins, you don't have to fill that last hole.) That is not to say I didn't still like the ones I had. There are an unlimited number of possible collecting topics among ancient coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3374159, member: 44316"]We have heard from many members who have refocused their collections. I am one of the members who might not have responded in this thread because I have not much refocused my interests, rather expanded them. To me, all ancient coins are interesting and some are more interesting than others. The last three coins I bought would not have been near the top of any "want list" of mine, but are fascinating none-the-less. I talked on the phone to a coin-friend last night who told me he had recently bought a coin he knew almost nothing about. It prompted a lot of research and he remarked that was enjoyable and a big part of the hobby for him. Research and learning are inexpensive compared to coins (even if you buy books) and we all have budgets. If I have refocused, it has been because I had learned a lot about any "focus" I was working on and felt the ratio of dollars-per-next-coin to learning got too high. (In ancient coins, you don't have to fill that last hole.) That is not to say I didn't still like the ones I had. There are an unlimited number of possible collecting topics among ancient coins![/QUOTE]
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