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<p>[QUOTE="oz_in_ohio, post: 2861773, member: 89534"]Instead of yard sales where there maybe no one go there that goes for coins and you will be sitting there all day for nothing....i suggest small coin and collectible shows in your local areas..</p><p>Offer your help to dealers for no payment - just for the experience...It is what i did as a kid and i retired from being a dealer before i was 55. On top of that, i never finished school as i thought</p><p> it was not necessary and i proved the entire school system is useless...By the way, no teacher at school will teach you numismatics and philatelics...It is simply hands on experience but one has to</p><p> be thorough. Grading is the most important thing to learn and i suggest you buy 2 LBS of foreign coins, print out my pictures here and than learn to grade... </p><p>Every coin has its own high spot but you will learn that with experience...</p><p>A good examplt is the buffale nickel...The horn is usually the first place to wear away.....The wheat pennies the grains of wheat are for that one....</p><p>Buy the USA red book of coin coollecting...That is a good start...Pic is in here..</p><p>As you see anyone can place a price on something but only an experienced numismatist can grade well.</p><p>It cannot be done half heartedly...As you see there are Stamps, Coins, Banknotes, War Medals, Badges, cloth patches, beer labels , comic books, covers, scriptophily, and many more things that fall under a stamp and coin dealers stock.... The wider the stock, the more chance of hooking the customers in...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="oz_in_ohio, post: 2861773, member: 89534"]Instead of yard sales where there maybe no one go there that goes for coins and you will be sitting there all day for nothing....i suggest small coin and collectible shows in your local areas.. Offer your help to dealers for no payment - just for the experience...It is what i did as a kid and i retired from being a dealer before i was 55. On top of that, i never finished school as i thought it was not necessary and i proved the entire school system is useless...By the way, no teacher at school will teach you numismatics and philatelics...It is simply hands on experience but one has to be thorough. Grading is the most important thing to learn and i suggest you buy 2 LBS of foreign coins, print out my pictures here and than learn to grade... Every coin has its own high spot but you will learn that with experience... A good examplt is the buffale nickel...The horn is usually the first place to wear away.....The wheat pennies the grains of wheat are for that one.... Buy the USA red book of coin coollecting...That is a good start...Pic is in here.. As you see anyone can place a price on something but only an experienced numismatist can grade well. It cannot be done half heartedly...As you see there are Stamps, Coins, Banknotes, War Medals, Badges, cloth patches, beer labels , comic books, covers, scriptophily, and many more things that fall under a stamp and coin dealers stock.... The wider the stock, the more chance of hooking the customers in...[/QUOTE]
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