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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 651155, member: 19463&quot;]Just an opinion:&nbsp; Beginning collectors should not buy &#039;rare coins&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; They should buy the kind of coins that bring education at a reasonable price.&nbsp; If your interest is Lincoln cents, the first purchase should not be an S-VDB; if your interest is ancient Romans, hold off a while before buying that Brutus EID-MAR denarius.&nbsp; While you are buying these beginner coins you will develop a feel for which dealers fit your needs (trust, price, stock of what you want etc.).&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are &#039;taken&#039; you will lose $10 and gain a lesson worth twice that.&nbsp;&nbsp; I started collecting coins in the late 1950&#039;s and started collecting ancients around 1960.&nbsp; Had I been older when I started, it might not have taken me a lifetime to get comfortable with a small corner of the collecting hobby but it is unreasonable and unwise to jump in the deep end of any pool before you at least can tread water.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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