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<p>[QUOTE="NumisNinja, post: 3190697, member: 94566"]Let's look at IHC's for example. Starting out I maybe had $1500 to throw at starting the set. So I end up getting everything but the last five key and semi key dates. I definitely don't have the money now to buy any of those coins, but I have nothing but time to look around and plan strategic purchases with at least some knowlege and experience of the series in my back pocket.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I'd bought the keys first, I'd literally have two coins only, a 77 and 09S. Probably would've paid too much for too low of a grade or gotten problem coins I didn't know about. At the end of the day all I would've learned is "don't do that again." Meanwhile my budget would still be tapped out and I'd be unable to buy anything else anytime soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the first scenario I end up with more coins I can learn about and enjoy having, and lose less money in the process, even if I get a few bad deals on some common dates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NumisNinja, post: 3190697, member: 94566"]Let's look at IHC's for example. Starting out I maybe had $1500 to throw at starting the set. So I end up getting everything but the last five key and semi key dates. I definitely don't have the money now to buy any of those coins, but I have nothing but time to look around and plan strategic purchases with at least some knowlege and experience of the series in my back pocket. If I'd bought the keys first, I'd literally have two coins only, a 77 and 09S. Probably would've paid too much for too low of a grade or gotten problem coins I didn't know about. At the end of the day all I would've learned is "don't do that again." Meanwhile my budget would still be tapped out and I'd be unable to buy anything else anytime soon. In the first scenario I end up with more coins I can learn about and enjoy having, and lose less money in the process, even if I get a few bad deals on some common dates.[/QUOTE]
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