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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2912589, member: 44316"]Try ancient coins. CoinTalk has a great forum on them:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/">https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Many very historical ancient coins cost less than $50 in nice shape. Of course you can spend a lot more to get great ones. There are many educational sites for beginners such as:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and there are many sites with links to other sites with interesting information, for example:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a lot more to learn, and fun to be had, with ancient coins than other series I could name. If you want to spend all your "learning" on how to grade in order to not make expensive purchase mistakes, stick with US. If you want to enjoy "learning" about history, portraits, and types, try ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2912589, member: 44316"]Try ancient coins. CoinTalk has a great forum on them: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/[/url] Many very historical ancient coins cost less than $50 in nice shape. Of course you can spend a lot more to get great ones. There are many educational sites for beginners such as: [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/[/url] and there are many sites with links to other sites with interesting information, for example: [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html[/url] There is a lot more to learn, and fun to be had, with ancient coins than other series I could name. If you want to spend all your "learning" on how to grade in order to not make expensive purchase mistakes, stick with US. If you want to enjoy "learning" about history, portraits, and types, try ancients.[/QUOTE]
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