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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 407688, member: 6036&quot;]Well, I gotta tell ya...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I came on this site, one of the first ideas I bought into was &quot;Buy the book before you buy the coin.&quot; So I bought some books on coins in general (how to grade, detect counterfeits and cleaning, etc.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then I started to get more specialized in my collecting. Started getting into old copper. So I bought Sheldon and Breen books, then bought some coins. So far, so good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Well, some of those old coppers are really spendy, and I have all the easy ones I want. So I&#039;ve been bidding around but haven&#039;t won in a while. :headbang:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So then I start shopping around in other series, but realize I don&#039;t know jack squat about capped bust stuff (h10c ... 50c) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. So off I go shopping for books in those areas.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>High prices in one area of specialty make me interested in other areas. Gotta learn up !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Can&#039;t win the bid in one area ? Win a book in another ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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