Probably the most important question anyone can ask themselves when they want to creat a really great collection, is the question 'Why?'

From generalities like:

Why am I choosing this coin?

To specific questions like:

Why do I like this color?

Why am I buying it in this condition, with this grade?

Why am I choosing it raw, holdered, or holdered by this particular grading company (even if it 'doesn't matter' to you).

Why is it OK to have this 'mark', or why is it OK to have this 'ding'?

Why is it OK to have a little vergigris?

Why is it OK to have that little 'pinscratch'?

Why is it OK to have what might appear to be a 'blemish'

Why is it OK to buy this coin even though it's been dipped...

Why am I choosing this particular strike?

Why this grade?...this surface...?

questions like that, the more the better...

The more specific, the more questions of 'why' that are answered is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to the stregnth of your collection.

And the stronger the collection, the better it will hold up under the scrutiny of others (which matters when you are going to sell), as well as yourself (which is what matters most to a collector) NO MATTER WHAT THE GRADE!

Reason

and Rationale

both contained in the ANSWER to WHY anything,

are the critical benefactors to anyones collection!