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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 736789, member: 4552"]First of all WELCOME TO THE FORUM. That is something that should be added to the smily things. A big WELCOME sign. To start with you just have to either find a coin show or look for one in your area. If you want my 2 cents, this is what I've always done. I start with a set of something in an Album. I place coins from change, friends, relatives, etc in there. As this Album starts to fill, I continue finding better and better coins for that album. When one is found, it goes into the Album and the one from the Album goes into a 2x2 as a temporary duplicate. Eventually I notice that the 2x2 duplicates have grown substantially so I acquire another Album. I take the best of the duplicates in the 2x2's and place them all in Album #2. As I find additional better coins, they still go into Album #1 and the one from there goes to Album #2 and if one in there, it now goes to a 2x2 as a duplicate. I've been doing this for possibly over 60 years now. As an example, not long ago I received two new Mercury Dime Albums and almost completely fillled them from those so called duplicates. That makes Mercury Dime Albums #11 and #12. Presently have over 100 Albums and almost all filled. No end in sight. The real pain in the xxx is when I get a really great coin that should go into Album #1 of anything. Now picure me moving a Mercury Dime from #1 to #2, #2 to #3, etc, etc, etc. :goofer:[/QUOTE]