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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JPeace$, post: 1872783, member: 42727&quot;]Welcome to CT and back into the obsession of coin collecting!!&nbsp; Okay, maybe I&#039;m the only one obsessed with it....lol.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Seems you have a Red Book, so that&#039;s a good start.&nbsp; Pricing is unreliable, but the other information is priceless!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can&#039;t recommend an online site to purchase coins as it all depends on what coins you want to buy and how much you are wanting to spend.&nbsp; As you clearly stated, eBay pricing seems to be high at the moment, but that doesn&#039;t mean you can&#039;t find some nice coins at good prices.&nbsp; I would NEVER buy high dollar raw coins from eBay.&nbsp; The most I spent on a raw coin on eBay was $500 and I was very happy when it graded at NGC.&nbsp; Fortunately, I&#039;m not underwater on the coin either.&nbsp; So Yeah for me!&nbsp; Unfortunately, I bought another coin from the same seller, spent a lot less money on it, but it came back as UNC Details: Improperly Cleaned!&nbsp; I haven&#039;t purchased a raw coin over $30 on eBay in about a year and will keep it that way.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The two gorillas in the grading business are: NGC and PCGS.&nbsp; If you stick with coins in their holders, you&#039;ll be safe.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say you can&#039;t find a nice coin in an ANACS slab, but fair market value is typically only given to the top 2.&nbsp; The other TPG&#039;s will be discounted when you go to sell.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Please feel free to PM me with any questions you might have; however, I&#039;m not an expert, but I&#039;ll happily give you my best educated opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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