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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2769537, member: 19463"]The concept of a specific and immediate want list is something brought to the ancient hobby by immigrants from modern collecting where anything can be found if you have the cash. With ancients, you need to buy when the coin presents itself and not when you are in the mood unless your wants are very general (like Mint State denarii). My want list is something I didn't know I wanted and didn't know existed until it turned up. I suggest using loose lists rather than passing up that perfect Nerva just because Vitellius was higher on the list. </p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I am interested in coins showing Caracalla and Geta together that I don't have. There are not enough types to be too picky. By the time I go to my next show, I could easily gotten over them altogether and be happy to see what I see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2769537, member: 19463"]The concept of a specific and immediate want list is something brought to the ancient hobby by immigrants from modern collecting where anything can be found if you have the cash. With ancients, you need to buy when the coin presents itself and not when you are in the mood unless your wants are very general (like Mint State denarii). My want list is something I didn't know I wanted and didn't know existed until it turned up. I suggest using loose lists rather than passing up that perfect Nerva just because Vitellius was higher on the list. Right now I am interested in coins showing Caracalla and Geta together that I don't have. There are not enough types to be too picky. By the time I go to my next show, I could easily gotten over them altogether and be happy to see what I see.[/QUOTE]
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