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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1185318, member: 112"]Like any other field of study there really is only one way to do it, that's to completely immerse yourself into it and study it. But I'll be honest, nobody knows it all because there is just too much to know. That' why dealers and collectors alike tend to specialize. You could spend years just trying to learn about the market for Lincoln cents. For instance, somebody that knows the market for Lincoln cents can have a person walk up to them with say 100 Lincoln cents. You would first have to be able to say with reasonable certainty that all of the coins were authentic and problem free. And you should be able to look at all of those coins and be able to grade them, accurately. You would have to be able to identify the various major varieties for each date/mint. You would also have to know the current value for each in their own respective grades. And know all of this off the top of your head. A person who knows the market could do this, all of it, in about 10 minutes. That's what knowing the market means to me. Now that said, I don't know of more than say a double handful of people in the world who could do it. So what does knowing the market mean to you ?[/QUOTE]