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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 402961, member: 6036&quot;]If that works for you, great. I wish you well. And yes, keys often do well... but only of you got a good buy in the first place.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And I stand by my advice ... I think it&#039;s very reasonable to acquire experience before dropping the big $$$.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>I bet one can throw away a small fortune even faster buying keys with an inexperienced eye.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I certainly don&#039;t advocate the mindset &#039;it&#039;s not an expensive coin, it must be real&#039;. No one else does, either, since no one has made such a proposal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think it&#039;s very reasonable to gain experience by &quot;starting small&quot;, as has been mentioned many times in this thread.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed. No one said it did.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Similarly, just because it is the key doesn&#039;t guarantee it&#039;s authenticity... and making mistakes on keys sure keeps the tuition costs higher .</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Missing a key lowers the value of all the other coins ? Not when I sell.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still shopping for my 1911-D $2.5.. a key worth more than all others in the series combined. Whether I ever get it or not has no effect on the others... they will not decline down to bullion value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I had bought an &#039;11-D early on, before learning to grade these guys, I likely would have wound up with a weak coin for the grade. I&#039;ve passed on untold numbers because so many are low end for the grade. I only knew that by acquiring experience with others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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