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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2629552, member: 84179&quot;]The following comments recommendations are only meant to be helpful. </p><p><br /></p><p>Learn as much as you can about the minting process - There is a lot more info available now, than there was when I started 45 years ago (anybody remember Lonesome John Devine’s Major variety and Oddity of US Coins?). </p><p><br /></p><p>Don’t rely on the Red Book for pricing – The Red Book is a great general reference, but it’s not accurate for values.&nbsp; Want the current process of US coins?&nbsp; Get a subscription to CDN gray sheet.&nbsp; Want to get an idea of the value of error coins? Look at dealer lists, go to shows, or look at ebay sold prices (ebay caution: one data point doesn’t make a trend).</p><p><br /></p><p>Go to shows and look at lots of coins.&nbsp; Whether your interest is errors, ancients, Early copper, of mint state Morgans, there is no short cut for looking at lots of coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>You seem to keep asking for references if it isn’t in Red Book.&nbsp; This is always welcome when debating something new and or controversial, in this case, much of what the members are telling is common knowledge in the hobby.&nbsp; There are a lot of extremely knowledgeable people on CT.&nbsp; Some will go out of their way to help people, some may not have the patience for newbies, and there is always the occasional “know it all”.&nbsp; I’ve been actively collecting for over 45 years and am always looking to learn more about numismatics and history.&nbsp; I like to consider myself reasonably knowledgeable on most numismatic topics, but continue to run into people that know a heck of a lot more than I do.&nbsp; The trick is to know when to push back on “dubious” theories being pushed as facts and when to take some solid, well-meaning advice and learn from it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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