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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 699081, member: 4336&quot;]If you&#039;re going to buy from ebay, only buy certified coins. There&#039;s alot of &#039;problem&#039; coins that are cleaned, scratched (like you said), tooled, plugged or other wise problem coins, and alot of fake ones too.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there&#039;s even the bigger problem now of fake slabs with fake coins in them! So you have to be real careful..before you buy from ebay you may want to read some books on what you want to buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, start out with the red book. It has every US coin in it as well as general information. You may also want to pick up a book like Coin Collecting For Dummies, by Ron Guth. its an excellent book for beginners and anyone, and I&#039;ve read it myself. Depending on what series you want to collect, you may want to pick up a few more. I think its important to learn how to grade (You can buy the ANA Grading book) and how to spot problem coins such as cleaned coins, or counterfeit coins (The PCGS Guide to grading and counterfeit detection teaches both of these!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted in your other thread a thread I made on how to spot cleaned coins, start there and slowly expand your knowledge.:thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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