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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8132002, member: 128351&quot;]Suetonian: a single tray with 12 cases for each of Suetonius’ 12 Caesars, upgrading to the death</p><p><br /></p><p>Biographic: coins of a single emperor and his relatives if any. I know a guy who collects only Gordian III</p><p><br /></p><p>Geographic: all coins from a kingdom, or a province, or a city</p><p><br /></p><p>Historical: all coins minted in a definite period, for ex. Alexander the Great’s lifetime, or the Second Punic War</p><p><br /></p><p>Thematic: for example, all kinds of ancient coins showing a ship or part of a ship</p><p><br /></p><p>Monometallic: nothing but gold, for example</p><p><br /></p><p>Monomaniac: all possible specimens of a single coin, even from the same pair of dies, for example Domitian’s rhinoceros walking left quadrantes</p><p><br /></p><p>Conan the Barbarian: all possible kinds of ancient imitations, the cruder the better</p><p><br /></p><p>Chromatic: only coins with the same patina, or of all possible nuances of a colour</p><p><br /></p><p>Psychedelic: all possible kinds of flan shapes, oval, square, triangular, tentacular, the weirdest the better</p><p><br /></p><p>Speculative: coins chosen for their future valuation prospects</p><p><br /></p><p>Aesthetical: coins chosen just because they look beautiful</p><p><br /></p><p>Exclusive: nothing but unique unpublished coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Honey I Shrunk My Collection: nothing but coins less than 10 mm in diameter</p><p><br /></p><p>Literal: for ex. all coins beginning with an S (Sestertius, Semis, Septimius Severus, Siglos, Salonina, Solidus, Saturn, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Carceral: all coins in slabs with number and barcode</p><p><br /></p><p>Avaricious: all coins acquired for less than $ 20 each</p><p><br /></p><p>Gargantuesque: all possible ancient coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Zen: only archaic uniface staters with no legend</p><p><br /></p><p>Perfectionist: nothing but mint-state uncirculated specimens, virginity-tested</p><p><br /></p><p>Taliban: only emperors with beards, the longer the better</p><p><br /></p><p>Goofy: nothing but tourist fakes</p><p><br /></p><p>Nihilist: coins so worn that nothing is visible any more[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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