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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 119533, member: 112&quot;]MorganMan - </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing you need to always keep in mind - there is no free lunch in numismatics. In other words, if it&#039;s cheap it&#039;s probably not high grade. Of course that could depend on what you call high grade - or cheap for that matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>But let me make a suggestion. Instead of buying coins - buy books. I would suggest you start out with the ANA Grading Standards for United States Coins. That will help teach you how to recognize wear on a coin. It will also save you a great deal of money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Learning to recognize wear on a coin depends greatly on what the coin is. Copper, gold, silver, nickel - wear looks different on all of them. But in simplest terms wear on a nearly uncirculated coin will appear as a dull spot in the luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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