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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;torontokuba, post: 2026350, member: 56793&quot;]For starters...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trust issues and lack of imagination, which I assure you, the younger generations do not have.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lehigh96</b> already explained, buy from source with a return policy and quality photos. Send back if there is an issue and move on to another internet dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, it&#039;s a waste of time, but, pictures can help you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Which one is it? You are making the start of this hobby way too difficult sounding with limitations and looking at 5 different coin pictures to prove they will look different. Crossing the street can also be harmful, if you&#039;re not careful.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Buying coins to become familiar with them works great for me, and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not buying coins while going from show to show and shop to shop seems a bit pointless, not to mention promotes wasting the time of dealers and shop owners, without the intention of making a purchase.&nbsp; You go to enough events, you&#039;ll get a reputation as a tire kicker. I&#039;m a guy, I don&#039;t go into stores to look and learn about the inventory. I go when I need or want something.</p><p><br /></p><p>You won&#039;t be saving money attending and traveling &quot;<b>to as many coin shows as you possibly can</b>&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you encourage a newbie to spend money on books, provide references of the worthwhile ones. We all know the type of coin books that are floating around out there and what&#039;s really inside them. It&#039;s an expense you don&#039;t need to incur, if you have an internet connection. Similar info on the web will be more worthwhile, possibly interactive with comments and 100% free.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do not consider upgrading a loss of money. Most times I keep all the coins, from worst to best. I can go back and use them as a reference when I encounter a discussion on the related topic. I can compare them. If I choose to get rid of one or two, I swap them with other collectors for the price I paid or spot. I like buying several examples of similar coins and upgrading along the way. This hobby would be just dull, if I only bought the MS grade in a slab, would never hold the coins, would never see the surface directly. Stages are what makes this exciting for me, not just owning slabs with MS grades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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