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Message:: [QUOTE="Mr. Coin Lover, post: 594947, member: 16060"]A little off the subject sort of.  But, when you start collecting a set most people who write articles about this always state to buy yhe keys first as they will more than likely cost you more money later and etc.  I disagree with that and really think one should buy the commons first.  It gives the buyer the experience of looking at a lot of the same type of coins and evaluating grading skills. It also helps the buyer to know more about what in a coin is important to him.       Easy example is I've seen several VF Buffalo Nickels that even though they not have a complete horn had much more eye appeal than a lot of XF's.  I think this can really get true between a lot of AUs and MS up to 63-64. Grading by number is not always what's important, grading by "I like it" is important also.     I think it is great those people that can pick coins that are slabbed and graded, buy them to be regraded, and are successful. Realize I think we often only hear about their successes and not the failures.[/QUOTE]