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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1988802, member: 36248&quot;]But driving stick is so much more fun!&nbsp; &nbsp; Especially when its a 2015 WRX in Cherry Red.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agree with you about shopping skills, I basically was trying to say that with <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eye-appeal-of-circulated-coinage-one-collector%E2%80%99s-opinions-including-lots-of-images.252290/page-3#post-1988368" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eye-appeal-of-circulated-coinage-one-collector%E2%80%99s-opinions-including-lots-of-images.252290/page-3#post-1988368">this post</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; but you said it more clearly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Searching, Filtering, Selecting, Negotiating, Organizing, Record Keeping, Photographing, and even Storing coins requires skills.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Since the modern hobby gives anyone access to millions of coins, the &quot;shopping&quot; skills are even more important than ever.&nbsp; &nbsp; <u>[USER=11854]@Tom B[/USER] original post seems to me about the &quot;Selecting&quot; part. </u>&nbsp; This is where valuing the original skin of a coin comes into play.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is a fully original coin worth more than a higher numeric grade?&nbsp; Does CAC add any value or not?&nbsp;&nbsp; Is a shallow scratch a problem, if so, how big a problem?&nbsp; If you find a coin pretty, but worried about selling it in the future where others may not value the toning as highly as you, do you take that into account in your offer for the coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; And dozens of other questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is, some members may think buying a coin in TPG plastic is easier than raw to the point of requiring no skill.&nbsp; I agree it may be easier, and people like me use it as a valuable crutch (I mean tool), but there is still a ton of thought and skill that goes into selecting coins to buy.&nbsp; At least the way I do it anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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