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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2936718, member: 88829"]Despite what others have said about collecting by grade, there is something to be said for being able to read what is on a coin. The best advice I ever got as a beginning collector was, "Collect the best grade you can afford." Rarely would I turn down a coin I don't have because of grade (though I do it) but usually if I have a choice of getting a poor example or a nice one at three times the price, I will get the nice one if I can afford it. Then I try it out on my wife. If she doesn't complain "How can you read that?" Then I know I have a winner. She doesn't collect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2936718, member: 88829"]Despite what others have said about collecting by grade, there is something to be said for being able to read what is on a coin. The best advice I ever got as a beginning collector was, "Collect the best grade you can afford." Rarely would I turn down a coin I don't have because of grade (though I do it) but usually if I have a choice of getting a poor example or a nice one at three times the price, I will get the nice one if I can afford it. Then I try it out on my wife. If she doesn't complain "How can you read that?" Then I know I have a winner. She doesn't collect.[/QUOTE]
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