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<p>[QUOTE="Eric Babula, post: 3571767, member: 85976"]I agree with you wholeheartedly. There is no law about how or what anyone "should" collect. Collect what you want, how you want, as long as it makes you happy!</p><p><br /></p><p>My point, maybe not so clearly articulated, was that I *thought* I was a "set" collector. For instance, I wanted to collect Morgan Dollars - one of every Date/MM. But, I would get easily distracted from my goal. I thought I liked blast white examples. Then, I thought I liked toned examples. Then, I thought I wanted to add different VAMs, also. Then, I got duplicates of coins I had, because they were a "good deal", or because I thought I could possibly resubmit for an upgrade. Then, I got a couple cool Jules Reiver Braided Hair Cents, "because I wanted a piece of his collection", even though I had little idea of who he was at the time. Then, I got a couple nice examples of FECs from a well-known collector/dealer who was on RCC at the time, Ira Stein. Wait, lookie at that 1826 Half Cent! Gotta have that! Oooh, pretty Wheaties in MS-66RD - good deal! Oh, these are neat, "Jefferson Nickel Award Winning Design" in MS and PR! Oh, oh, and that Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Dollar - that might be worth having for some reason. And, and, wait, what was I doing? Oh yeah, Morgan Dollar set.....oh, look, a roll of shiny, UNC Roosies! Hey, I like that guy's Dansco 7070 set - I want to have one like that!</p><p><br /></p><p>So.........I've a bit all over the place, and have never completed anything, as far as a goal. Looking back at my collection, when I can get to it, I see that I've amassed a bunch of miscellaneous stuff that I don't really care about much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wait, now I'm really off-track from the OP!!! Yikes! I'm like the dog from the movie, "Up"! "Squirrel!"</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I'm seeing most popular as Lincoln Cents and Morgan Dollars. And, least popular as Barber series, Shield Nickels and 3-Cent pieces, and obviously coins that are so expensive as to be unattainable by most of us mortals with budgets![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Babula, post: 3571767, member: 85976"]I agree with you wholeheartedly. There is no law about how or what anyone "should" collect. Collect what you want, how you want, as long as it makes you happy! My point, maybe not so clearly articulated, was that I *thought* I was a "set" collector. For instance, I wanted to collect Morgan Dollars - one of every Date/MM. But, I would get easily distracted from my goal. I thought I liked blast white examples. Then, I thought I liked toned examples. Then, I thought I wanted to add different VAMs, also. Then, I got duplicates of coins I had, because they were a "good deal", or because I thought I could possibly resubmit for an upgrade. Then, I got a couple cool Jules Reiver Braided Hair Cents, "because I wanted a piece of his collection", even though I had little idea of who he was at the time. Then, I got a couple nice examples of FECs from a well-known collector/dealer who was on RCC at the time, Ira Stein. Wait, lookie at that 1826 Half Cent! Gotta have that! Oooh, pretty Wheaties in MS-66RD - good deal! Oh, these are neat, "Jefferson Nickel Award Winning Design" in MS and PR! Oh, oh, and that Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Dollar - that might be worth having for some reason. And, and, wait, what was I doing? Oh yeah, Morgan Dollar set.....oh, look, a roll of shiny, UNC Roosies! Hey, I like that guy's Dansco 7070 set - I want to have one like that! So.........I've a bit all over the place, and have never completed anything, as far as a goal. Looking back at my collection, when I can get to it, I see that I've amassed a bunch of miscellaneous stuff that I don't really care about much. Wait, now I'm really off-track from the OP!!! Yikes! I'm like the dog from the movie, "Up"! "Squirrel!" So, I'm seeing most popular as Lincoln Cents and Morgan Dollars. And, least popular as Barber series, Shield Nickels and 3-Cent pieces, and obviously coins that are so expensive as to be unattainable by most of us mortals with budgets![/QUOTE]
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