What Makes A Good Collection? Quality Of Coins Or Quantity?

Well it depends on the collector. I mainly do Lincolns Jefferson nickels Large Cents and now the V nickel as the Large Cents have become a bit more expensive over the past year. Something about coins that are over 100 years old. Plus I pick up what ever catches my eye :) .

Depends on the collector I say all fall into these 2 categories

1. What makes them happy.

2. What makes them money.

I think a good quantity of good quality coins should do! To bad I can't afford that kind of collection.

Ahh, The age old question ...... Quality or quantity? It's certainly the collector's preference. One might reply "Whatever makes your boat float". For me, rarity should be the single greatest factor. But this can be expensive. Quantity is a grater factor when we are collecting silver and gold. Its really all about supply and demand. With all other type coins I always look at rarity, I like to sort type coins by mintage numbers. We all know that its great (and easy) to have a large bunch of wheat cents, but what's the real potential on a coin that has over 100 million minted? We also know that the 09S VDB, 09S, 14D and 31S wheat pennies are hot, but what about all those semi-key dates. To me, picking out those possible hot coins is the "bread and butter" to my collection. So in closing, take your pick Quantity or Quality but don't forget that rarity will always be the single biggest factor to a profitable coin collection.

Actually, I think collections that have some kind of specialization or theme make for the best kinds.
Of course quality coins trump many of the same types in lower grades in my opinion.
I'd rather have one nice AU Large Cent for example than a purse full of worn smooth, green, holed, and bent ones.

Quality is my ultimate goal. I'd rather own one special coin than a hundred average ones. I buy average stuff or roll search to get my fix too, but I will not hesitate to trade those coins off if it will allow me to trade up to something nice/rare.

All these super answers are right on the money. When I first started I collected anything that looked like a coin to fill up a folder. As time went by I traded all the coins that I did not want for better coins. Now I want quality as I don't have enough time to work my collection. I see what I want and save until I have enough money to go shopping. Good Luck!

I like concentrating on a single date or variety. It has to be a little scarce to capture my interest. And then I'll collect as many examples as I can of that particular coin. I like to buy and sell. Keeps me interested. But at the moment my two main interests for accumulation are 1891 Large Date large cents, not scarce enough to be expensive but certainly less scarce than most other large cent dates and 1892 obverse 2 large cents. I try to stay Fine and better. Once they're all together in plastic sheets they look great. And it is interesting to see the differences in toning and colour even on same grade coins. Collect what keeps you interested.