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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheCoinGeezer, post: 1338806, member: 34700&quot;]Jerry </p><p>The oldest (and wisest) advice is &quot;Buy the book before the coin&quot;.</p><p>Educate yourself, join the ANA.</p><p>Then pick ONE series of coins you&#039;d like to collect and BUY THE BEST EXAMPLES YOU CAN AFFORD!</p><p>Get the key dates (rarest dates usually) first if at all possible.</p><p>A common mistake made by novice collectors is trying to collect everything at once.</p><p>As other have pointed out the Red Book is a &quot;must read&quot; for beginning collectors but the prices rarely reflect the actual market value (Red Book is usually BUT NOT ALWAYS priced high).</p><p>It&#039;s companion volume, &quot;The Blue Book&quot; lists alleged dealer &quot;buy&quot; prices and may be closer to the prices you&#039;ll actually wind up paying.</p><p>Do not buy &quot;problem&quot; coins&nbsp; - coins with ugly toning, poor strikes and other problems will always be just that, &quot;problem coins&quot;.</p><p>If you have to say &quot;It&#039;s a nice coin but...&quot;, you will never really be happy with the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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