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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1908593, member: 42773&quot;]I don&#039;t know where to begin a critique of those videos. Harlan Berk says if you want to start collecting ancient coins, you should go to shows and talk to reputable dealers. That would be good advice if he didn&#039;t follow it by saying, &quot;...not the internet&quot; - as though the internet was some monolithic evil entity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Almost everything I learned at the start of my collecting came from Doug&#039;s wonderful pages at FORVM. My advice would be exactly the opposite: go to the <u>right places</u> on the internet. Sure, going to shows and talking to reputable dealers is a good idea, but how long is that going to take? How many shows come up in your neighborhood per year, and how many of them even have any dealers that know anything about ancient coins? I would say talk to the experienced collectors at CT, investigate all of the educational threads at FORVM and articles on Numiswiki, and read everything you can get your hands on for free. The internet is abundant with good, solid information for the beginning collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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