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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8132695, member: 110226&quot;]That is an exhaustive list!&nbsp; I would say, basically, all of the above, with the&nbsp; exceptions of speculative, perfectionist, monomaniac, suetonian and monometallic. </p><p><br /></p><p>First, I collect based on my numismatic interest and not speculating on future value appreciation.&nbsp; Honestly, I think most the coins in my collection would fetch on the market around what I paid for them, with perhaps a few exceptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, I would like to think that my view of collecting coins has advanced past my early days when collecting Morgan dollars by mint state status was my primary interest.&nbsp; It&#039;s okay to pursue perfection, I guess, but doing so precludes lots and lots of really interesting coins that happen to have seen circulation, in varying degrees.&nbsp; If someone were to grade all of the coins that I have, I would guess the average grade is VF, on a good day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, I definitely do not collect by die varieties or matches.&nbsp; If either were to occur as I build the collection, that would be purely accidental, albeit a very nice accident!</p><p><br /></p><p>Fourth, my twelve Caesars collecting efforts have been next to nonexistent. Again, this is not an area of interest for me, right now.&nbsp; If I throw in the year old bottle of Caesar dressing in the fridge, I might be up to six.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fifith, the collection spans metal types, with gold in the definite minority, at least for ancients.&nbsp; I have more gold coin examples among the world coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Going down the list further, Slabs?&nbsp; No, don&#039;t like them, generally, especially for ancient coins. Exclusive?&nbsp; No, not intentionally.&nbsp; Avaricious?&nbsp; No, I like to think I am not greedy about coins under $20 or any other price range. Goofy? I don&#039;t have any tourist fakes, but I do have a few other fakes that mimic legit ancients.&nbsp; Nihilist?&nbsp; I have some pretty worn coins, but they do have at least enough detail for general attribution at least; the only bonified slick surface that I have is the top of my head.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that covers the list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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