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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3296750, member: 14873&quot;]Well stated Ken. Here is my slightly modified and updated response based on an earlier posting I made here on Coin Talk:</p><p><br /></p><p>The time has come to dispose of most of my coin collection. Not all of it, for I intend to keep back a few coins that I have a special fondness for so that I may continue to pursue this hobby (in a more relaxed and limited way) that has provided me so much pleasure and enjoyment for most of my lifetime. I have planned this for some time and here on the cusp of my ninetieth birthday (after collecting Ancient Roman Imperial coins for almost eighty years) the task is well on the way to completion. Paradoxically, I have recently purchased a few coins - but only to fill in spots in my retained collection. I have disassembled my Britannic Tetrarchic collection and my London Mint reduced folles collection almost entirely along with most of my British Usurper coin collection plus a few Julio-Claudian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to keep a collection of twenty of my very favorite Roman Imperial coins - an Abafil tray (or rather a plastic flip page) full - mainly because I simply couldn’t bear to let them go. I have retained twenty coins that are in accordance with my long-time criteria:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Significant historical association</p><p>2. Well centered strike</p><p>3. Clear and complete inscriptions (as much as possible)</p><p>4. High quality inscriptional lettering</p><p>5. Britannia connection</p><p><br /></p><p>My main goal has been to retain a very small “swan song” collection of coins that I can fondle and admire and read about in my “golden years”?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have always sought out and collected coins with significant historical association rather than just aesthetic appeal or completing sets of coin types - condition of coins and appearance of surfaces has always been of secondary importance to me (although I have purchased fine quality coins whenever possible and I do admire beautiful inscriptional lettering). Fortunately there is, and always has been, room for all collecting interests and specialties in this hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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