Or, how I have to eventually collect a coin I have no desire to own.

Folks,

I think most of us have pondered, or even written about, the addictive nature of this hobby. Sometimes the hobby just takes over our lives, strains our relationships, and even causes us to make unwise financial decisions.

This post is about none of that!! I just want to rant about the fact that I must eventually purchase the 1943/2 Jefferson Nickel to complete my wartime silver nickel set.

So you're probably thinking, why does he HAVE to buy that nickel? Well long story short, I NEED to acheive symmetry in all my sets. That's why I rarely collect a set unless I have a high expectation that I will someday complete the set (100%=symmetry). My only exception to this rigid, self-imposed, rule is my 1st generation commemorative set. Not sure why I made that exception but it's my crazy brain so why not.

So, even though I have no desire to collect the 1943/2 and even though I don't believe it's a necessary coin in a basic wartime silver nickel set, I HAVE to eventually buy it to get to that blasted 100%. I will wait until the Peace Dollar set is done before I even consider buying that nickel. That puts the nickel set completion somewhere in 2015, or so.

Hope all your collecting endeavours are much less stressful,

Malcolm

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