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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2379151, member: 19463&quot;]I feel obligated to repeat for the thousandth time my opinion that uncleaned coins are a bad way to start.&nbsp; I would prefer beginners buy a few relatively poor but easily identifiable fully readable coins (JA sells things like this for as low as $5) than a larger pile of relatively frustrating coins with minimal details and even less eye appeal.&nbsp; $25 might get you 5 ugly, common but identifiable coins or 25 shards of metal that were once coins and might be identified by some of us that have been looking at coins for decades but might challenge a beginner to declare which side was up.&nbsp; Cleaning is a completely separate hobby.&nbsp; Some people love to do it and take pride in turning an ugly dirty lump into an ugly clean lump.&nbsp; Sometimes they hit the jackpot but that usually means they knew enough to buy coins that were potentially cleanable (YOC obviously has this skill).&nbsp; My side hobby is photography of coins.&nbsp; Some people are into tooling or repairing coins.&nbsp; Some people are into making fakes.&nbsp; Some people do these sides as their main hobby and don&#039;t even collect coins.&nbsp; To each his own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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