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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 13275143, member: 71642&quot;]I&#039;ve made a big pivot.&nbsp; Part of it was shifting interests and part of it is I&#039;m officially retired and my coin money should be self supporting.&nbsp; In theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had an obsession with Albanian coins for a very long time...but the set got to the point I had one missing coin (of those actually in existence and not counting provas).&nbsp; The set was over half top pops, and over at NGC it even won a major award last year.&nbsp; That got me to the point of &#039;how much money just to buy a coin with a one point better grade that may or may not look better&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; In other words, with that award I reassessed and figured it was a mature set.&nbsp; It&#039;s now listed for sale at NYINC with Stacks.&nbsp; I love the coins but there wasn&#039;t much upgrading left and it turns out I like a set I&#039;m still active with.&nbsp; Who knew?&nbsp; It&#039;s never happened before <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand I&#039;m still very much interested in my Japanese coins and now have been wanting to expand, and can used my freed up funds for a far more interesting collection.&nbsp; I&#039;m also considering a big pivot there--in my heart I&#039;m a type set person but with Japan I&#039;ve ended up with a lot of date runs.&nbsp; Perhaps I will shift there too.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure because it also turns out there is a bit of OC in my make up. </p><p><br /></p><p>But without the Albanians it&#039;s really an end of a big era for me.&nbsp; Very weird feeling actually. </p><p><br /></p><p>In case anyone wants to see the set I&#039;ll keep it up until the sale.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/164777/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/164777/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/164777/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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