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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1080358, member: 2972&quot;]Some general and retrospective thoughts....</p><p><br /></p><p>You can&#039;t grade coins accurately from photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can&#039;t learn much about coin pricing from doing database queries -- particularly if those queries result in an apples-to-oranges comparisons (i.e. non-equivalent).</p><p><br /></p><p>You can only effectively learn about coins by (a) seeing them in-hand, and (b) buying AND selling them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most dangerous type of collector is the intelligent one with some money who thinks he knows more than he does.&nbsp; Wisdom comes from recognizing that you DON&#039;T know it all.&nbsp; However, that type of wisdom takes time -- typically much more time than it does to spend money on coins, and the vast majority of collectors (to include me!) learn this too late.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not a hit on anyone, but my own observations over many years of coin collecting -- shared in hopes that someone may learn from my mistakes without making the same.&nbsp; Reality and experience say I will not be effective, but that doesn&#039;t stop me from trying.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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