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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2457707, member: 74282"]Honestly the best way to get into ancients is to spend time looking at coins(I.e. "window shopping" on Vcoins, reading posts here, etc), learning(first stop: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">Doug Smith's website</a>) about coins and numismatics and buying coins. It can be overwhelming at first, but if you take it slowly, post and discuss each and every coin you buy here(you'll learn a lot from that alone), and set aside actual time to study and learn about coins as opposed to simply time to search for and acquire them(IMHO this is a trap many beginners fall into), you can quickly become a well-rounded collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Believe it or not, one thing that I think made me a better collector as I slowly built my collection was that, for every single coin I bought, I spent an hour or more researching it so that I could come share it here and with a few of my co-workers(no collectors, but there are history enthusiasts). I still do that, and I still learn new things every week or two as I research my latest purchase before posting. I'm currently in the process of researching a recent CNG auction win as we speak.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2457707, member: 74282"]Honestly the best way to get into ancients is to spend time looking at coins(I.e. "window shopping" on Vcoins, reading posts here, etc), learning(first stop: [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/']Doug Smith's website[/URL]) about coins and numismatics and buying coins. It can be overwhelming at first, but if you take it slowly, post and discuss each and every coin you buy here(you'll learn a lot from that alone), and set aside actual time to study and learn about coins as opposed to simply time to search for and acquire them(IMHO this is a trap many beginners fall into), you can quickly become a well-rounded collector. Believe it or not, one thing that I think made me a better collector as I slowly built my collection was that, for every single coin I bought, I spent an hour or more researching it so that I could come share it here and with a few of my co-workers(no collectors, but there are history enthusiasts). I still do that, and I still learn new things every week or two as I research my latest purchase before posting. I'm currently in the process of researching a recent CNG auction win as we speak.[/QUOTE]
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