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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2472050, member: 19463&quot;]I have seen a lot of wisdom in a few posts above (others not so much). </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe that is why some of us prefer to deal with people we know and trust.&nbsp; Pictures can lie.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you intend to spend the rest of your life with a coin the way I do with most I buy, you really need to consider how a coin looks to other eyes.&nbsp; Buy coins that scream &quot;I&#039;m good&quot; rather than those that make you wonder. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>People who take any comfort in asking people online (including a few of us with many years of experience and others with only a few days) should not be buying expensive coins.&nbsp; Get some experience with $25-250 coins before you start buying $2,500 coins.&nbsp; If you are <u>really</u> well off and want really nice coins (NOW!), contact a well respected dealer (price is not an object class) and tell them you want to buy some coins you can be proud to own and want to put $10k+ into it as a start.&nbsp; You should be happier with their selections than what you find on vCoins etc.&nbsp; If not, pick a better expert.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many really fine coins never get listed since sellers know who to contact that will pay for them.&nbsp; If you are poor like me and want that $10k to last all year, rough coins you don&#039;t understand would be better limited to the $25 bracket material until you get enough confidence that you move into the $250 bracket (and up).&nbsp; The fact that you are &#039;Gun Shy&#039; is a great sign.&nbsp; The fact that you are in a hurry to get a Claudius might not be so good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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