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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2054327, member: 24544&quot;]I think your view might be based on the series you collect. There is a lot of great information on the internet, it&#039;s a wonderful resource.&nbsp; However, some series, and some ways of collecting, require information only available in books, the specialized dealers, and if you can find them other advanced collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collect large cents, by variety and die state. Online auction catalogs will get you pretty far with some of this, but the standard reference books, sheldon, noyes, wright, grellman, breen, are untouched by anything on the internet. You may call these books expensive, around $100 a piece, but I have made more than that much money because of the information available only in these books. How many die states does a 52 n11 have, and which ones are common versus unique? Why was the 1825 a5 variety left out of wright, and how did wrights note lead to it&#039;s rediscovery 100+ years later?&nbsp;&nbsp; Seriously, find me this information on the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>To the point about coin shows. I am lucky, I live 45 minutes from baltimore. I have no idea how baltimore became the east coast coin mecca, but I&#039;m not complaining. For me, to not go to this show, while living this close, would be stupid.&nbsp; I get to handle and look at world class coins till my eyes go blurry. I get to pick the brains of almost all the major copper dealers, guys who have been in the industry, specializing in the area I collect, for 30+ years. Guys who have personal collections to die for, but more importantly have built several world class collections which generated a profit for clients. Guys who have a huge network of other dealers and clients to draw on to find me the coin I want.&nbsp; Then, to top it off, I get to meet with a handful of other passionate early copper collectors, talk about coins, show off newps, and just shoot the breeze with.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I don&#039;t go to many other coin shows around me. The smaller shows generally don&#039;t have much material I&#039;m interested in. I rarely find much, and most of the dealers are more general. But I did not find that out until I went as a new collector, and those same general dealers really pointed me in the right direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can say, without any doubt, there is no way I would have become as knowledgeable a collector as I am without books, the internet, and a network of other passionate collectors/dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p>One last point, really undervalued piece of collecting advice. Sell some coins periodically, the experience is valuable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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