Collection Goals For 2021?

You beat me to it! I was going to start a 2021 thread. My 2021 goals are actually simple.

1) I want to do a slabbed 7070 (no gold collection)
2) complete the slabbed IHC collection

Compared to prior years this is a small goal but it won't be cheap.

Thanks for creating this thread.

I'll be selling off coins to generate some funds for the newer collecting focuses. I'll continue picking up ancient bronze weaponry including, I really hope, a reasonably affordable dagger with a penannular (crescent-shaped) guard at the junction between hilt and blade. It's a type that was prevalent in ancient Iran (more specifically, in Luristan and its environs), but such daggers are very pricey when they appear on the market. (And there are a number of fakes to be avoided) I've been wanting a legit specimen, with good provenance - and that I can afford - for a long time. No luck thus far. Maybe 2021 will be my year.

I would like to pick up one or more Vologases III tetradrachms, and at least several interesting coins from Elymais. And, of course, much more pottery. I'm already eyeing my next round of pottery purchases from a seller I trust.

And, yes, Paul: A huge goal this year, after March, is to finally, finally, get a long-delayed display case or two set up. I am having to wait for the completion of a big window replacement job here at home.

I would say my goals for 2021 and beyond is the get back into collecting again and to get back up to speed with my studies on ancient coins.

Sell many duplicates. Photograph keepers. Hopefully acquire a nice $3.00 gold Indian princess.

I just looked back at past years and I really never meet my goals so I made it simple this year.

Collection goals for 2021?
- the same as it has been for nearly 50 years.
That is OFE(C)*.

One From Every (Culture/Century)*, covering the whole of numismatics over the last 26 centuries, to do that with at least one representative in all three coinage metals, but in a lot of cases, in a range of denominations also.
That is why I am dependent on whatever expertise the CCF can provide to help me. The specialists know a lot more than what my generalist knowledge can ever provide.

Such a collection can only be representative and never be complete, but it does well in describing the development of numismatics since it's beginnings. The original inspiration came when I was a child, from looking at pictures of ancient coins in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

I thought I did post it in the Ancients Forum?
Not really a problem though I'm not from the States or collect modern coins so didn't even know what the initials IHC stood for until I clicked on the link....

@BobL....Looking forward to seeing your new acquisitions in the coming year Bob, all balanced on bespoke holders with highly descriptive id labels in dust proof Glass display cabinets...Seriously though you do have a wonderful collection Bob it must be quite a special feeling to hold these pieces of history in your hand! Good luck in the new year..

@echizento...Hope everything settles down for you in the New Year Ron and you can get back into your collecting themes.

@Novicius...Watch out Jim that wall looks hard!..Hope you get to catalogue as many as possible and look forward to seeing your Greek brainteasers in the coming year....You certainly had a few this year but pretty much id'd them all, 'good going'!. I've thoroughly enjoyed your write ups and learnt a great deal as you've shown coins I'd never seen before..Keep em coming and 'happy hunting'.

@sel_69l....That's a big goal!...Must be really interesting though without having too many constraints to pick out coins from an era that appeals to you at that particular time. Good luck on filling in some of the holes, however big, in the coming year..

@tdziemia....I do 'wander off' as well, but I think that's part of the fun, learning something new..Staying focused is 'sooo difficult', at least for me, when there are so many interesting coins with their related histories out there!..Good luck on staying focused and filling some of those spaces.

@ Palouche:
My collection will never be complete.
Neither will be the collection in the British Museum!

Always lots of opportunities for numismatic and price research, before deciding to buy.

All the best for Christmas and 2021.