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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ciscokid, post: 33220, member: 1932&quot;]Hi zvez,</p><p>Since you hit on what I love to collect, I&#039;ll give ya my &quot;gold&quot; 2 cents worth <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Ever since I started collecting the modern Eagles, I have always been partial to the 4-coin proof sets the mints sells--Those are the only ones you buy directly from the US mint, and when slabbed are the one with the PF?? grade--As for the MS state gold coins, well those beauties cannot be purchased directly from the mint, they can only be purchased on the &quot;secondary&quot; market, by that I mean dealers--(usually)--Of course as stated previously, the proof coins are somewhat more expensive--Those that I have purchased I know are genuine because I purchased them all from the mint--Those I purchased from private sellers I checked out and made sure they were real--</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m a modern gold proof collector, but my preferences is in the OGB, Original Government Box, with COA, everything!! must be perfect since I usually pay a premium for that--My goal is to have 1 of each from the beginning--Since these items are expensive, I&#039;m still working on it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;other&quot; gold coins I love just as much are the $20 Saint Gaudens Gold Double Eagles--In fact thats what started me collecting to begin with, before I fell in love with modern proofs--On the $20 Saints tho I would recommend caution as far as buying in &quot;raw&quot; form--Unfortunately I had a few, (3) bad experieces buying on ebay raw $20&#039;s--Unfortunately at the time I did not realize that slabbing companies will not slab cleaned coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> After having 3 returned in body bags, I have since educated myself on how to detect cleaned or whizzed $20 Saints. I would definitely recommend a trusted dealer that will guarantee non-cleaned coins you intend to slab--Make sure there is a return policy, better yet you should be able to detect cleaning yourself (teach yourself)--As for ebay, I recommend only slabbed coins from there, NGC 1st, ANACS 2nd, PCGS 3rd--To me PCGS undergrades there coins, especially Silver Eagles--</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways I hope I didn&#039;t ramble on to much--Any questions?? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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