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<p>[QUOTE="Evan8, post: 3388132, member: 74343"]You actually make a very good point. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I look at it this way, I started collecting at 7 years old. I was going to shows around 12. I started buying online at 16. I bought a ton of books. I looked at thousands of wheat cents and learned how to VAM dollars. VAMing taught me more about how coins are made than anything. It taught me about dies and how they wear over time. A highschool kid, at the time, learned the basics of the minting process and what varieties vs errors vs damage was. Then i started using the internet to hone my knowledge and learn more advanced things about coins. I own coins under evey major category there is now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I dont know crap about photography. I use an old point and shoot nikon in macro for coin pictures. They arent the best, but heck atleast you can see the coin. And then transfering those pictures to my phone or tablet and doing my editing from there. </p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that I dont just sit around hoping for strangers on the internet to solve my problems for me. Im just going to go figure it out on my own. </p><p><br /></p><p>A little reading and a little common sense, and you can do anything. If lacking either one of those abilties then people are going to have a very hard time in life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Evan8, post: 3388132, member: 74343"]You actually make a very good point. I guess I look at it this way, I started collecting at 7 years old. I was going to shows around 12. I started buying online at 16. I bought a ton of books. I looked at thousands of wheat cents and learned how to VAM dollars. VAMing taught me more about how coins are made than anything. It taught me about dies and how they wear over time. A highschool kid, at the time, learned the basics of the minting process and what varieties vs errors vs damage was. Then i started using the internet to hone my knowledge and learn more advanced things about coins. I own coins under evey major category there is now. I dont know crap about photography. I use an old point and shoot nikon in macro for coin pictures. They arent the best, but heck atleast you can see the coin. And then transfering those pictures to my phone or tablet and doing my editing from there. My point is that I dont just sit around hoping for strangers on the internet to solve my problems for me. Im just going to go figure it out on my own. A little reading and a little common sense, and you can do anything. If lacking either one of those abilties then people are going to have a very hard time in life.[/QUOTE]
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