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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1527595, member: 26302"]We will agree to disagree on that one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My advice? Collect what you like. Learn a lot, read good books about coins, learn a ton on CoinTalk, learn how to grade and spot problem coins, but in the end of the day buy what makes you feel good and not what others "think" you should buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its a hobby. Yes, education is important, as is how to evaluate a coin, but those are just tools to better enjoy your hobby. Many people here collect high grade US modern coins. Good for them. Others collect medium grade, older coins. Good for them too. I collect coins over thousands of years, over countless civilizations. I don't have $100 million to buy all of these coins in the highest possible grade, so many times mine might be lower grade, but at least I can afford to collect a certain ruler or type of coin I otherwise might not. In that regard, good for me as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>The hobby is what you want to make from it. Having said that, Thad is right in that if you can afford it, you rarely look back and regret buying a better coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1527595, member: 26302"]We will agree to disagree on that one. :) My advice? Collect what you like. Learn a lot, read good books about coins, learn a ton on CoinTalk, learn how to grade and spot problem coins, but in the end of the day buy what makes you feel good and not what others "think" you should buy. Its a hobby. Yes, education is important, as is how to evaluate a coin, but those are just tools to better enjoy your hobby. Many people here collect high grade US modern coins. Good for them. Others collect medium grade, older coins. Good for them too. I collect coins over thousands of years, over countless civilizations. I don't have $100 million to buy all of these coins in the highest possible grade, so many times mine might be lower grade, but at least I can afford to collect a certain ruler or type of coin I otherwise might not. In that regard, good for me as well. The hobby is what you want to make from it. Having said that, Thad is right in that if you can afford it, you rarely look back and regret buying a better coin.[/QUOTE]
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