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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rhino89, post: 1154381, member: 21773&quot;]I&#039;ll offer my opinion on the &quot;newbie&quot; issue...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>New collectors are extremely vulnerable to fakes, obviously. With the slabs now being potentially faked, too, the vulnerability goes up even more. Personally, I think new collectors should NEVER make a decision about the purchase of a coin on their own until they are comfortable with that coin&#039;s features. You want to buy something that looks like a good coin and a good deal? Post photos on forums, get opinions, get estiamtes from people who know what they&#039;re doing, get as much confirmation as you can that this is OK. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After a while, you will start getting a natural feeling of &quot;I know this&quot; when you see a coin that you want to buy, you&#039;ll get comfortable with it to the point where you can hold a coin, look at the lettering, denticles, etc. that you&#039;ll recognize it as being authentic and correct without a doubt. But until that point, I would stick to the above plan of getting opinions and having more experienced members take a look at what you have found.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Speaking from personal experience here... it took me a year to get comfortable with just 1 denomination of Russian coin I collect, and I STILL post photos for people to comment on and tell me what they think. Patina looking funny? You bet those photos went up on here and other forums. Edge lettering looking unusual? I got high resolution photos posted within minutes. Weight off? I post about it asking for someone who has seen many more specimens to comment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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