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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;spirityoda, post: 2296462, member: 44633&quot;]buy what you can afford.&nbsp; you can always upgrade later.&nbsp; or save up for a coin that you are proud of and want to show off.&nbsp; it is all about having <b>fun</b>.&nbsp; coins can be an investment, but you will have to do a lot of studying to know which coins bring good money.&nbsp; this will become a lifetime experience.&nbsp; some coins go up in value and some do not.&nbsp; you get to know this after looking at many many coins.&nbsp; discover what <b>you like most.&nbsp; </b>do not forget that there are<b> World coins </b>out there.&nbsp; I collect mostly world coins by topical/themes and a miscellaneous section.&nbsp; and some U.S. coins.&nbsp; I would recommend you buy books on coins and if you are doing world coins to buy Krause&#039;s world coin catalogs (I call these my bibles).&nbsp; there is a lot of fun looking through the catalogs to see which coins interest you most.&nbsp; when I first started collecting I was all over the place collecting wise.&nbsp; Now I am much more focused on which coins I am hunting for.&nbsp; If you are doing U.S. coins and will become bored quickly... do a <b>type set</b>.&nbsp; know how much you want to spend on a coin.&nbsp; sometimes a rare coin you have been wanting comes up on the market only so often and you want it.&nbsp; I see no problem spending over market value for it.&nbsp; I did this on my avatar pic coin.&nbsp; never regretted it for a moment.&nbsp; it is the king of my collection.&nbsp; a lot of people will say buy what you can afford.&nbsp; I say no to that because down the road you will not be happy with low grades.&nbsp; thee only way I see that being ok is if you are buying key dates in a series and you are trying to complete a set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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