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<p>[QUOTE="coppermania, post: 1264160, member: 18304"]From what I saw the people in the beginning class were pretty bummed that it was so basic. Didn't even look at coins into the 3rd day. "This is a coin" and this is called a "planchet" kind of stuff. If you need that kind of intro, great, but don't spend bucks on it. JMO Matt</p><p><br /></p><p>With all due respect GDJMSP, this hobby doesn't have to be that hard. Although there are certainly people with lifelong devotion to the study of coins, they don't achieve some sort of Holy status. It really takes an astute person a few years at most to get current and enjoy coin collecting. The Intermediate class outlines what are problem coins and what clean grades should look like, and that makes purchases much more confident and enjoyable. That IS worth the tuition, and I don't remember the instructors telling us how awesome they are either. As an instructor, Tom H. really gets into the meat of it and you wouldn't even know he was the Pres of the ANA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coppermania, post: 1264160, member: 18304"]From what I saw the people in the beginning class were pretty bummed that it was so basic. Didn't even look at coins into the 3rd day. "This is a coin" and this is called a "planchet" kind of stuff. If you need that kind of intro, great, but don't spend bucks on it. JMO Matt With all due respect GDJMSP, this hobby doesn't have to be that hard. Although there are certainly people with lifelong devotion to the study of coins, they don't achieve some sort of Holy status. It really takes an astute person a few years at most to get current and enjoy coin collecting. The Intermediate class outlines what are problem coins and what clean grades should look like, and that makes purchases much more confident and enjoyable. That IS worth the tuition, and I don't remember the instructors telling us how awesome they are either. As an instructor, Tom H. really gets into the meat of it and you wouldn't even know he was the Pres of the ANA. Matt[/QUOTE]
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