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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 160766, member: 705&quot;]Buy coins because you LIKE them---not for an investment---in most cases people who invest in coins will lose money---if you like the coin you won&#039;t really mind if it goes up or down.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In most cases I would say yes----get a local friend!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the mind set of most people---just becasue its in a PCGS holder does NOT mean you will be ripped off---you can be ripped off just as good with a PCGS slab as with a SGS slab.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since you like this coin I would suggest that you start a collection of them---maybe one from each date...or maybe one from each date and mintmark....buy some books on them that are out there and learn everything you can about them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That again shows that PCGS price guide isn&#039;t good...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But in most cases commom coins will always be commom coins...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More likely than most think---I&#039;ve been collecting for about 6 years and have already cherry-picked some coins from dealers that have been in the hobby longer than I&#039;ve been alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing is---when grading you have to look alot farther than just marks...you need to look at the luster/strike/detail/marks/hairlines/and such....and sometimes dates will change in such things....I mean a 1880-S Morgan Dollar will have a stroung strike and the detail is always great--so its not that hard to find anMS65....but now an 1880-O Morgan dollar is alot harder to find in MS65...becasue O mint Morgan Dollars are always weakly struck and so the detail isn&#039;t really good--its mushy and such....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For investment---Yes you are IMHO---I think under your skin you are really a coin collector <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...let that pop out! and enjoy collecting coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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