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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1417021, member: 26302"]Jason, I know you are just starting out but want to be serious some day. I would especially caution you that continuing to do so will not end well unless you just wish to buy and sell bullion. A lot of dealers know by heart the good books at least in their area of specialty. Do you really think Penny Lady has not read Snow? I am betting she reads every book on cents she can find. These books are just the beginning of truly learning a market, but they are the beginning. Being a cent dealer requires you know this material, being a Roman coin dealer requires you know the major references, I know a large Byzantine dealer who keeps a copy of Sears at hand every second. Books like this are like 6th grade graduation requirements. You will never get to high school let alone college in numismatics without knowing them, and will either not make money or lose money as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its not "reading material" like you sit down for fun if you wish to be serious. Its more like a required reading list on the syllabus that you are expected to already know before class can really begin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Make sense? </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not saying it has to be as serious to others, I am just writing this to Jason since he has talked about his long term goals before. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1417021, member: 26302"]Jason, I know you are just starting out but want to be serious some day. I would especially caution you that continuing to do so will not end well unless you just wish to buy and sell bullion. A lot of dealers know by heart the good books at least in their area of specialty. Do you really think Penny Lady has not read Snow? I am betting she reads every book on cents she can find. These books are just the beginning of truly learning a market, but they are the beginning. Being a cent dealer requires you know this material, being a Roman coin dealer requires you know the major references, I know a large Byzantine dealer who keeps a copy of Sears at hand every second. Books like this are like 6th grade graduation requirements. You will never get to high school let alone college in numismatics without knowing them, and will either not make money or lose money as well. Its not "reading material" like you sit down for fun if you wish to be serious. Its more like a required reading list on the syllabus that you are expected to already know before class can really begin. Make sense? I am not saying it has to be as serious to others, I am just writing this to Jason since he has talked about his long term goals before. :) Chris[/QUOTE]
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