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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1314465, member: 112"]A couple of reasons. First and foremost, coins, any coins, are terrible investments. And there are numerous reasons for that alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, you have to know a lot more about coins than that it is a key to the series for that coin to be a good buy. You have to know the current state of the market, for each coin. You have to know if the coin is graded correctly. If you are buying from a trusted and respected seller then authenticity is usually a minor concern, but you never know. Unless you know the coins yourself. You have to know the relative rarity, or lack thereof, for each coin; as well as know the availability of each coin, and in each different grade. Those are all different things. Then you have to know the popularity of each coin. And all of that is really only the beginning. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would always recommend that no one ever buy a single coin of any series unless they first study, and I mean in depth study, that series for at least a year. And only then should they get their feet wet. Not just jump in, but wade in and just get their feet wet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1314465, member: 112"]A couple of reasons. First and foremost, coins, any coins, are terrible investments. And there are numerous reasons for that alone. Secondly, you have to know a lot more about coins than that it is a key to the series for that coin to be a good buy. You have to know the current state of the market, for each coin. You have to know if the coin is graded correctly. If you are buying from a trusted and respected seller then authenticity is usually a minor concern, but you never know. Unless you know the coins yourself. You have to know the relative rarity, or lack thereof, for each coin; as well as know the availability of each coin, and in each different grade. Those are all different things. Then you have to know the popularity of each coin. And all of that is really only the beginning. I would always recommend that no one ever buy a single coin of any series unless they first study, and I mean in depth study, that series for at least a year. And only then should they get their feet wet. Not just jump in, but wade in and just get their feet wet.[/QUOTE]
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