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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2153656, member: 9204&quot;]This is why I don&#039;t post here too often anymore. There&#039;s just so much good advice in this thread that there&#039;s little I can add! </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a slightly different perspective from many here, as I&#039;m actually in the business. For starters, let&#039;s look at your budget - $200 a month is actually the exact same amount I can spend per month! You can make an incredible collection with that money, if you are patient and thorough. Even so, $400 or $500 would open up a whole new world of quality, rarity, and historical interest. Consider only buying a coin every other month, if you can. Another thing that many of us cheapos do is settle on two collections&nbsp; - a serious, more expensive one and a low cost area that we do just to keep busy. </p><p><br /></p><p>But please, don&#039;t worry about specializing! Eventually, you&#039;ll find something that speaks to you and you&#039;ll find yourself selling off your other coins to get nicer and nicer examples in that area. Or you won&#039;t. It doesn&#039;t really matter, just have fun. Besides, specialization has its problems. It&#039;s a feast or famine world for us specialists. Months without any new coins, and then a massive collection surfaces, forcing us to watch so many nice pieces float away. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, try to buy quality coins. That means good surfaces and at least decent grade, at about the right price. Look at everything you can. Go to vcoins, sixbid, numisbids, CNG, Heritage, Künker, ArtCoins Roma, EVERYTHING! I like to load a page and pick out the lot I think is the best on the page. </p><p><br /></p><p>And did I mention about surfaces yet?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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