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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1930142, member: 19463"]All I might suggest is to be reasonable in your definition of 'everything'. There are something around a 100,000 times (that is being conservative) as many types World coins as there are US so learning everything is going to take a while...a long, long while. That makes spirityoda's advice 100% correct: Buy what you like. We might each have a collection of a thousand coins and not overlap a single one. Never buy something because someone else thinks you should. I have my definition of what is collectible and you will have yours. That is good. One of my favorite world dealers gave what I consider the best advice: "Love your coins for what they are, not what they are worth." </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there is nothing wrong with buying the Krause that covers the time of your interest. I would if they made one that old. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1930142, member: 19463"]All I might suggest is to be reasonable in your definition of 'everything'. There are something around a 100,000 times (that is being conservative) as many types World coins as there are US so learning everything is going to take a while...a long, long while. That makes spirityoda's advice 100% correct: Buy what you like. We might each have a collection of a thousand coins and not overlap a single one. Never buy something because someone else thinks you should. I have my definition of what is collectible and you will have yours. That is good. One of my favorite world dealers gave what I consider the best advice: "Love your coins for what they are, not what they are worth." That said, there is nothing wrong with buying the Krause that covers the time of your interest. I would if they made one that old. :bookworm:[/QUOTE]
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