I wonder how everyone else goes about collecting...I mean those on a budget like myself...
I have a wants list which always seems quite short, like its within grasp, I don't have it written down and costed but its about 8 USA bank notes and 3 slightly more expensive British banknotes. Then there are the coins...generally not very expensive (but by the time you pay packaging from
ebay it all adds up) I don't think I will ever complete my sets (in albums so I decide what can go in and what to leave out)
This wants list always seems to have grown by the time I complete it, I don't know how that's possible but I always get some bright idea...
Anyway, I look at my collection and I realise that 10% of the items hold 90% of its value... the other 90% is really not worth much except memories. I know that is fairly normal but I cant continue to collect like I have been forever.
So I decided today I will make a list to work through and that will be it for my current collection (except circulating coin and note releases as they arrive but they aren't expensive) and after that I must formulate a new plan of attack!
I will buy a new album and pages... and this one will not have any cheap coins in it...I will aim for quality to accompany the quantity I have already.
Roughly my budget will be £50-£100 per coin and 1 coin every two weeks maximum, 1 per month minimum. If I can afford more I will include one or two above that but I want every coin in that range ideally.
Now I must decide apon what this album will contain...I was thinking the first coin I want to purchase will be an Elizabeth I silver sixpence, followed by 1 coin from each monarch since then (20 coins) after that I am not sure what theme or connection will be between the coins...any cool idea's for me?
Posted 07/20/2012 8:35 pm
