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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 7774772, member: 100459&quot;]I only have 4 graded ASE&#039;s.&nbsp; Three are Proof PF70 UC and one is a bullion ASE graded MS70.&nbsp; I can&#039;t remember where I bought them, but I do like them.&nbsp; I try to buy each ASE Proof West Point, San Francisco, as well as the ASE W Uncirculated.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t start my collection until 2008.&nbsp; When my father died, I got 3 RAW Bullion coins and a RAW 2008 ASE.&nbsp; That was the year before my father passed.&nbsp; I really missed on the 2019 ASE S Reverse Proof, but when it was being sold on TV, they were selling them for hundreds of dollars.&nbsp; I like the USM ASE&#039;s because of the way they package them.&nbsp; I have the 2021 W ASE Proof Type 2 on my enrollment.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten several emails from USM telling me to make sure all of my information is correct.&nbsp; I have 3 in my enrollment.&nbsp; I hope I get them.</p><p>I started coin collecting after I finally received my father&#039;s coin collection.&nbsp; I had to wait until my mother passed before I got them.&nbsp; There were few coins worth much.</p><p>After I got them, I was watching &quot;sweet&quot; Mike on some Shopping Network.&nbsp; He was selling 1921 Morgans, 10 for $500.&nbsp; I was a sucker for his sales pitch.&nbsp; Much later, I was watching Rick on his show and he was selling some ASE that was supposed to be important to my collection.&nbsp; Again, I got suckered in.&nbsp; He, too, has an aggressive sales pitch.&nbsp; I have bought some Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters from Mount Vernon.&nbsp; I found that his coins were in nice shape and the prices reasonable.</p><p>I have a friend that I&#039;ve known since 1969.&nbsp; His neighbor died and his wife was selling Walking Halves and Franklin Halves. I looked at them and bought them at about $10 each.</p><p>Anyway, I am not collecting coins to make money or put them in my retirement fund.&nbsp; My wife and I already have retired from State jobs and are getting Social Security, and 3 very nice annuities.&nbsp; We own 2 houses and 4 cars.&nbsp; We also have 6 dogs (A Rottweiler mix, a Pit Bull Mix, a Wire Terrier Mix, An Australian Shepherd, and 2 Cheweenies) and a 3 year old cat.&nbsp; We live in our house in the country, down a dirt road.&nbsp; Four of the dogs were left as puppies on our dirt road and the sneak up to the house and my wife fed them and they found a home.&nbsp; Our cat came as a kitten the same way.</p><p>The reason I have written this is to let you know that you need to work with your wife and keep her informed of your spending because it could get out of hand.&nbsp; I doubt that any of you will be able to get rich and independently wealth with your coin collection.&nbsp; I have one friend that is a coin collector but he only collects from his pocket change and getting rolls of coins from the bank to look through.</p><p>Please take care with your collecting.&nbsp; You may find your purchases could put you in the poor house.&nbsp; Best of luck to all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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