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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 2891004, member: 90692&quot;]DunkDave, you already have a lot of experience finding and saving coins.&nbsp; The help info you are getting here in this and other threads is based on hundreds of years of collecting and is extremely valuable.&nbsp; Continue to use common sense and learn from them.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I began &quot;saving&quot; coins at age 11.&nbsp; My first lesson learned was that when you find a nice coin it needs protection.&nbsp; In 1962 I was finding mercury dimes in change, and some of my best are grading at 58 to 61.&nbsp; Nowadays I see a Indian Head penny (IHP) that is G4 and say to myself gee, what if that one had been rescued earlier?</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, you can&#039;t save everything.&nbsp; Lean to your interests, learn from all of these astute gentlemen and put aside a few dollars to buy a coin you like.&nbsp; That won&#039;t break your budget and you will smile at your coins as a collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>My philosophy is simple:&nbsp; If a coin has escaped the ravages of circulation and is attractive it deserves being saved and protected.&nbsp; The ones I collect are not with making money in mind, but with preserving.&nbsp; My favorites are Morgans and Mercurys, and Walking Liberty halves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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