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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 618050, member: 15445&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Hello Mike,</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Good idea posting your list. You may consider posting <u>more than 5 rules</u> and then provide a description for each rule listing the caveats &amp; reasons for the rule. For example:</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Rule #X, Don&#039;t clean your coins.</font></span></b></p><p><i><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">You should not clean or conserve your coins until you have developed the skill to do so without damaging the delicate nuances of the coins. Never use any type of polish and never rub on the surface of the coins. This will put tiny microscopic scratched on the surface which will significantly lower the value. Some ancient coins can require very sophisticated cleaning procedures. Most coin collectors prefer an old coin to appear old. If you improperly clean a coin, then the coin collectors may only only pay a small amount for the coin when you decide to sell it.</font></span></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Rule #Y; Hold your coins by the edges</font></span></b></p><p><i><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Blah Blah Blah, fingerprints, blah blah blah</font></span></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Rule #Z, Collect what you like.</font></span></b></p><p><i><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Never buy a coin that you don&#039;t like. If you don&#039;t like a coin today, then you will not enjoy it any more tomorrow or the day after that. If you enjoy what you collect, then you will be a happy successful collector. You may not make any money on your collection, but if that is your GOAL then you aren&#039;t really just a collector. This rule does have one caveat. You have to be able to afford what you like. If you can&#039;t afford what you like then you will be a disillusioned unhappy collector.</font></span></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Rule #... store your coins safely &amp; use coin holders</font></span></b></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><i>Humidity,blah blah stable temperature, blah blah do not store coins near an outside wall blah blah never in an attic or any area where the temperature will fluctuate blah blah&nbsp; </i>It is your responsibility to preserve your coins so that future generations can also enjoy them.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span> </p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Rule #... Buy the book before you buy the coin</font></span></b></p><p><i><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Tell them what books are available &amp; where they can be found</font></span></i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I don&#039;t think you want to write a novel but you can probably condense it to a dozen rules with a dozen paragraphs. You can glean all the words from the posts in this thread. I would think this could get a sticky &amp; it would really help to answer the newcomer&#039;s questions. </font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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