Justin

I did manage to get a few books collectors coins GB, grading british coins and the coin yearbook. These have all helped in a massive way and thankfully I have only overpaid once for a coin, purely because I liked the toning so much, apparently so did the other bidders! I am sure all women folk have an affinity for currency, my wife is more interested in the paper variety of sterling which she can spend in shops, but I believe she does like coins, maybe not the ones she can't spend though!

I know I am a new to this but is this guy serious? WTF! Made me laugh!

Cheers for the replies guys, its been very much appreciated and a nice insight! I may let myself become varied and wide when the kids are all grown up, but as of yet my wife has not begun the nagging or the bank looking too shabby, kids and family come first etc etc! I have made a decision and decided to keep the 1953-1980 folder as is as I only need one coin to complete the set and will as time goes by upgrade the cupro-nickel coins to EF/Unc, but as the pre 1953 folders is a little slap dash apart from the pennies I will be concentrating on the pennies from 1797 onwards but concentrate on years and major varieties (Heaton/Kings Norton mint and the other few major varieties but not down to the little differences which should help the wallet a little!! I will be trying to buy better grades as I will be concentrating on one denomination which will also help in the grading of coins when looking online! That was another steep learning curve one which stills stumps me on occasion! With the pennies, Third Reich, USA and the case for the randoms with some Roman coins and other randoms I think that should keep me out of trouble and busy enough! Again thanks for the replies and the insight it has been most helpful, now I am currently on a ban for buying (OK maybe not a complete one! ) until I can sell the stuff I am not keeping and finish cataloging everything else! Something else I didnt think was important when I began collecting! ! Regards

Thanks for the reply Rob, Yeah I found out about the paper issue through the Whitman folders! I was kind of hell bent initially when I started collecting that I didn't really have a direction or patience as all I was focussed on was empty gaps! I have now developed the patience and I no longer buy a coin purely on the basis of an empty gap or its a good grade, it has to appeal visually to me and I dont mind waiting the extra time to find something that looks good and will sit with the other coins around it nicely. I will definitely been taking that tip on sticking to a particular grade if possible as it will make the collection more complete as you say and visually pleasing. I have a few BU pennies which do stick out massively beside a VF or EF! One more question though, what would a "type set" consist of? Again thanks for the reply, Regards Justin