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<p>[QUOTE="rysherms, post: 1875857, member: 46631"]not to repeat enochian, but establish very quickly in the beginning whether you are stacking gold, or collecting gold...trust me. i speak from personal experience here, trying to blend the two is sadistic.</p><p><br /></p><p>next, be prepared to drop some coin. on coins. entry-level is $100-$200. to me, it just turns up the importance of researching each purchase. i used to have <i>silver </i>coin-binge nights where i would snipe like 5-8 coins in a single night with a bottle of wine. i would wake up, and realise i spent a significant enough amount that it ate my coin budget for a little. doing the same with gold coins could be catastrophic. it takes discipline. but is highly rewarding.</p><p><br /></p><p>also, to echo enochian a bit; the "playing with in hand" factor. i have one tube of silver eagles, one roll of silver washington quarters i play with like scrooge mcduck. i stack them, clink them, roll them around in my hand, and i dont get upset that they are all losing their shine very quickly, catching dings, etc. they are like my sacrificial cathode, taking it for the team. i do not have this luxury with gold. its all slabbed. and yes, it does chap my buns a little. but its worth it. 70s. yum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rysherms, post: 1875857, member: 46631"]not to repeat enochian, but establish very quickly in the beginning whether you are stacking gold, or collecting gold...trust me. i speak from personal experience here, trying to blend the two is sadistic. next, be prepared to drop some coin. on coins. entry-level is $100-$200. to me, it just turns up the importance of researching each purchase. i used to have [I]silver [/I]coin-binge nights where i would snipe like 5-8 coins in a single night with a bottle of wine. i would wake up, and realise i spent a significant enough amount that it ate my coin budget for a little. doing the same with gold coins could be catastrophic. it takes discipline. but is highly rewarding. also, to echo enochian a bit; the "playing with in hand" factor. i have one tube of silver eagles, one roll of silver washington quarters i play with like scrooge mcduck. i stack them, clink them, roll them around in my hand, and i dont get upset that they are all losing their shine very quickly, catching dings, etc. they are like my sacrificial cathode, taking it for the team. i do not have this luxury with gold. its all slabbed. and yes, it does chap my buns a little. but its worth it. 70s. yum.[/QUOTE]
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