What Are Your Collecting Goals Right Now?

My collection goal so far is to get as many Roman Imperial emperors as I can with a low budget. I have 43, soon to have 45 if those coins come in. Once I get to a certain point, I'm guessing a bit over 50 emperors, I'm going to start upgrading a couple. When I get a chance, I purchase other ancients besides Roman Imperial. I have yet to own a ancient Greek coin. That's next on my list.

When I go to upgrade some late Romans, I'm thinking about trying to find decent AE2 coins.

I've been collecting ancient coins since November of last year. I'm still a beginner, and developing plans as I go along.

I really have no set goals. I've been working on completing an example from every emperor for the past 10 years or so. There are some that I will never be able to afford, so I guess I will complete as many as possible. Money is so tight now a days, so my short term goal is to be able to buy a coin or two a month.

Ditto, except I've been trying now for over 30 years (1981 was my first Ancient's purchase). I'm missing approximately 17 of the accepted Emperors and Usurpers. At the moment, I think I am trying to put together a sub-collection of the ladies of Rome. I recently picked up a poor condition Crispina and a decent Oticilla. Just don't ask me why. I have no idea how I started this sub-set collection. It just happened.

My goal is to buy coins I like so much that I will never be tempted to sell them. You should only buy coins that you know something about before you buy. You will find that you get fewer fakes and fewer overpriced coins that way. You would be better off if you can go to a coin show or shop where you can handle real coins. People who have touched 10,000 coins start to develop a feeling for what they should look and feel like, how much they should cost and whether you will see a dozen more this year or wait a dozen years before you see one again. Enjoy. If you don't enjoy, why bother?

I'm Trying to complete a few sets right now and it might take a bit so I will wait to post IF and When I complete these sets. These sets are in the catagories of roman imperial, provincial and Byzantine.

Hello all, I have been collecting for about a year now and am still unsettled. I am mostly into Roman LRB's with the occassional denarius, Greek or misc coin thrown in. For now I am just slowly working towards getting 1-4 of each Roman emporer, not the usurpers or wives though. For now mostly LRB's due to the nice cost/quality ratio. I have been snapping up any cheap coin that comes along, but lately I am moving towards quality over quantity, saving certain rulers for when I can afford better specimens. Plus I am really into portraits lately; some of those great and storied men look like Disney villains while others look like just random dudes that I might bump into at the store. The really well done portraits just make history come alive for me.

Thanks! I've been malingering over at another site dedicated to the subject. Not sure I am allowed to mention the competition, but I see some familiar names from the posts here. I didn't even know there were other sites :) Lucky for me I got bored at work and found this one...so now there are at least two sites relevant to my hobby. This site seems a little more relaxed, I like that. I will have to look into putting a gallery together after I scan and file my most recent batch of auction goodies.

I don't think there is a problem with mentioning another site for our hobby. I, too, go back and forth from here to Forum Ancient Coins depending on what I'm after. You are also correct that this site is more relaxed and I think easier to discuss things without feeling like you are asking dumb questions. But Forum has it's good points as well. If I need an expert to help with attribution and I can't find it here, I go to Forum (Doug is an expert here and when he is around will offer his advice and opinions and there are others as well). One other advantage to CCF is here you can ask advice and opinions before you purchase or bid on a coin. On Forum that is frowned upon because Joe, the owner, is in the business of selling coins and does not want to placed in a position to compete against himself.

Anyway, they are both fine discussion boards, and we look forward to reading your input and seeing your coins.

Regards,