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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stroligep, post: 1084836, member: 28684&quot;]I guess I have to repeat that I&#039;ve only been collecting for about a year.&nbsp; When I first got into it I dreamed about having all the St Gauden&#039;s double eagles, (ha ha).&nbsp; When I came down to reality I decided to look at the red book to focus on what coin(s) I might pursue with sincerity.&nbsp; As I began to read more about the really rare coins, I got pretty upset that the most valuable coins seemed to be the result of &quot;inside jobs&quot;. It seemed like a scam to me because there is no way a person would have **ever** found these in his pocket change.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These include the 1894s barber dime, the 1933 St. Gaudens and the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the more I seek out coins and view offers, a thing that is truly rubbing me wrong is the grading services and the way they are pricing coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; I understand the need for a grading service to weed out counterfeits and give a buyer an assurance of what they are buying.&nbsp; But the way they price many coins makes me suspicious of them. The latest that has set me off is some auctions for silver proof dimes circa 92 - 2010.&nbsp; The idea that one of these coins even at pf70 could be worth $300.00 or more just truly brings out the cynic in me.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know... maybe in a few years I might come to a different understanding of this.&nbsp; But, at the moment I just can&#039;t believe there have been enough of these coins graded to be able to establish a value like that. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mean to pooh-pooh coin collecting; it&#039;s way too interesting an activity.&nbsp; But, I would like to hear what the big disappointments of others were/are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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