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Message:: [QUOTE="mac266, post: 2328387, member: 26371"]My problem is that I find every aspect of the hobby interesting.  True, serious collectors specialize, but after over 30 years in the hobby I am still a generalist. I tend to pursue date / mint mark sets of business strike US coins, and have completed a fair number of them (especially more recent ones like Franklin halves, Ike dollars, "mercury" dimes, etc.). That said, if I see a coin I like, I'll gobble it up even if it has nothing to do with my established interests.  As a result, I have a few odds and ends that are just cool -- a smattering of ancients including one from Alexander the Great, a large cent with a neat die crack, the occasional error, a few Confederate bills, etc.  A 14th century Chinese coin even found its way into my collection. I've never gotten into VAMs or collecting all the die pairs in a series; I usually stick to date and mint mark sets (my mercury dime collection includes the overdates, too, however).  That is probably because these varieties aren't readily visible and don't stand out to me as being something unique.  However, I assume that if I grab a VAM book, I would immediately start noticing all the varieties, and WHAM, there goes my collecting budget. So, all that said, I am not usually attracted to proofs of commemorative coins not intended for circulation.  I tend to like working money, something that has been used by real people for real, everyday business.  On the other hand, I do own two of the Boy Scout commemorative coins from 2010, mostly because of my past involvement in the program as a boy (I got started coin collecting for a Cub Scout project!), and now as an adult leader with kids in the program.[/QUOTE]

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