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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 882838, member: 112"]It can be. But beginners should stick to collecting from their pocket change. You'll find on this forum that it is said - buy the book before the coin. There's a reason for that - the reason is so can avoid all the problems you listed. Problem is, few if any are willing to follow that advice. They want to jump in with both feet and hit the ground running. That is their own mistake. Read just about any of the first posts made by a beginner - in just about every one what you will find is them asking, how'd I do on this ? Or some such question like it. That is 100% the wrong way to go. You need to ask those questions before you buy the coin, not after you've already bought it. And typically when they are told that there is this wrong with the coin or that wrong with the coin - it's the dealer's fault. Well it isn't the dealer's fault - it's their own fault ! People have no business going out and buying things that they know nothing about. It is their personal responsibility to learn about what they are doing before they do it. And if they get burned along the way, it's their own fault. My grandfather told me something when I was quite young. He said nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. And it's true. That lesson has stuck with me my entire life. It is also true that nobody can take advantage of you unless you let them. And it doesn't matter whether you are buying coins or selling coins. You have to agree to the deal. And if you agree and then find out later that you made a mistake, just to be sure to remember - you are the one who made the mistake ! You agreed to it. You let that other person take advantage of you. It is your own responsiblityand nobody else's. There is no free lunch in numismatics ![/QUOTE]

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