Collecting question...

[Sylvester 15]

Now just before i ask the question i'll be brief here...(brief me...never!)

I got into collecting 13+ years ago and focused on modern milled pre-decimal stuff. I always wanted to go back to the early milled though and give that a try, but i never had the cash.

Then came University and the student's loan...then came the early milled spending spree. Finally making up for lost time... BUT

Now i've got an urge to go and buy a whole load of early hammered coins, that's pre-1400 stuff to me. (Never was bothered about all the Charles I stuff)

I do fancy getting my mits on some Anglo-Saxon coins if i can, well the later ones anyhow, the Edward the Confessor and the AEthelred stuff. (Not too bothered about Sceatta yet).

Now does anyone else have this specialisation problem?

[Chris Perkins 223]

You just want to collect everything don't you! Blimey.

You should perhaps get uni out of the way and maybe even spend a little bit of the money on what's it's supposed to be spent on.

There will still be bargains to be had when you're done. You cannot possibly buy everything that takes your fancy in your position. You should wait until you have a full time job for that kind of thing, and concentrate on one area now.

[Chris Perkins 223]

Bloody hell I'm 25 and I sound like your Gran!

[Sylvester 15]

Oh i know... don't worry i make sure i've got enough for uni to take out the money i owe them, and enough so i can travel backwards and forwards. Then the rest is mine...

[mint_mark 3]

Now i've got an urge to go and buy a whole load of early hammered coins, that's pre-1400 stuff to me. (Never was bothered about all the Charles I stuff)

I do fancy getting my mits on some Anglo-Saxon coins if i can, well the later ones anyhow, the Edward the Confessor and the AEthelred stuff. (Not too bothered about Sceatta yet).

Now does anyone else have this specialisation problem?

You sound like me when I realised I had disposable income and then discovered ebay for coins.

Now I just specialise in world coins from ancient to the present day

Seriously... we have long lives ahead of us and if you rush to buy coins now you will regret some of those purchases. Look out for good coins at good prices. If you're not completely happy with a coin then don't buy it... another one will come along, even the scarce ones turn up all the time. You deserve the best examples you can afford and when you find them they are worth waiting for.

That's what I think anyway...

Mark