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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 194, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Books and Coins</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Keiferscoins pretty much sums it up.&nbsp; I save the box and the stuffing to send the books back in.&nbsp; I often overpay in the little envelope, just a dollar or two, but it&#039;s the thought that counts.&nbsp; Once, I put in some Eisenhowers, Susies, and Sackies...</p><p><br /></p><p>The Numismatist is what you get the most of when you join the ANA.&nbsp; It comes every month.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Education Department is another major interest area that new collectors should know about.&nbsp; I took two of the mail order classes and I am looking to take a third. (Intro to Numismatics and Grading US Coins Today and then later I will take the class in Minting and Errors.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA&#039;s prices on books and supplies are OK, not great, but OK.&nbsp; And they do run specials on the overstocked books that everyone else but you already has and you need to get started.&nbsp; Those come from the &quot;Money Market&quot; of Member Services.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Coin Insurance is something many people THINK about, but never do.&nbsp; It is a bit complicated and a bit of an expense.&nbsp; It is only for &quot;collectors&quot; not &quot;dealers&quot; but just because you sell a coin for a profit does not turn you into a dealer.&nbsp; (Do you have a store? Employees? Advertising? Pay income tax on your coin sales? Etc. etc.)&nbsp; I never got the insurance, but I THOUGHT about it often.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The credit cards, cancer insurance, travel discounts and rental cars, and stuff, appeal to some people but they are not what excites me about the ANA.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an ANA Member, you get a nod from the dealers at ANA shows.&nbsp; No one gives away the store, but you are inside with the cool guys when you are an ANA member at an ANA convention.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as for that, a while back, I got interested in owning a meteor.&nbsp; But a meteorite is just a rock.&nbsp; All of Earth is a meteorite if you want to look at it like that.&nbsp; Then, in a space magazine, I saw an ad from a dealer who listed his ANA number.&nbsp; That made him someone I could trust.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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