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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3537294, member: 19463&quot;]Whatever your budget may be, there will be a decision to make.&nbsp; Lets just say, to pick a number, you are able to spend $40 a month on coins.&nbsp; Do you buy a $10 coin every week or save up to buy just one $480 coin in the year? Sallent is right in his quotations on nice examples of Gordian and Philip but you can get coins worth half or double his numbers with no problem; with more looking you can get 1/10 and 10x.&nbsp; Grade is not the only thing.&nbsp; I&#039;ll use Philip as an example (I have more Philip coins than I have Gordians but I have both to excess).&nbsp; Eye appeal has a lot to do with price but certain reverses and some less common branch mints can make an ugly coin sell for more than a common type in great shape.&nbsp; How this affects your hobby choices is your decision.&nbsp; Would you rather have:</p><p>A &#039;special&#039; coin variety poorly struck on the reverse?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...or one slightly different but better grade?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940132[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...or a Victory walking in not bad but less than perfect shape?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>How about a raggedy edge coin with rearing horses?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...or maybe you would like a bronze?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you could get interested in the local coins struck for use in the Provinces (this was for Antioch).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940139[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I could never see collecting just one coin per ruler when there are so many choices.&nbsp; After over 50 years there are still emperors I do not have and never will.&nbsp; There are rulers with over a thousand choices (no one has them all).&nbsp; There is no rush to complete the set when you realize that there is no complete set. Which appeals to you? </p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest being slow to buy and quick to study.&nbsp; Spend the money you would have wasted some other way and not the college funds. You can always sell off your &#039;mistakes&#039; (often for a fraction of what you paid) or give them to friends who might get interested.&nbsp; Along the way, enjoy the trip.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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