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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;torontokuba, post: 2054388, member: 56793&quot;]I don&#039;t disagree. I respect your input and approach to this topic. The details you provide are essential for an intermediate collector, ready to get serious and become an actual numismatist. That&#039;s what it sounds like you&#039;re dabbling in with your large cents, the field of real numismatics. Last I checked, I am still chatting in a topic, where the OP seems to be addressing actual beginners. Sounds like you spend big bucks and are out to make big bucks. That is your approach.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perfect, sounds like you already know what you&#039;re doing, and what you wish to collect. Did you touch coin first, or book first, as far as the hobby is concerned?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Appreciate the advice, but, when I get something of quality, I just want to keep it. When I end up with a duplicate of any value, I usually try to pass it on, without a mark-up, to one of my many swap and trade partners, in several countries. Trust me, they appreciate it, pay me back tenfold with their efforts, help and generosity, when preparing or searching out items from around the globe, that I might be and usually am very interested in. That is what the hobby is about for me, and has been for over 33 years now. I have been giving away coin sets or unique coins to people who do not have access to that particular currency, for a very long time now. <b>Can&#039;t really give them a book in a language they don&#039;t understand.</b> This hobby is not about selling for me, I have found a more meaningful and engaging approach, a long time ago, and I do not wish to stray. I also do not want to resemble a modern day dealer/seller or look for profit. When I buy, I try to buy coins at a price, where my purchases don&#039;t drop in value within ten steps of or ten minutes after the purchase. I am not interested in the sellers market, haven&#039;t been yet. Happy to get what I paid or the going rate of Precious Metals, by passing on a coin to the good home of a friend, swap partner, or complete stranger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Believe me, there is a whole world of coins out there, that is not preoccupied with TPGs, stickers, prices, profits, sales, registry sets and single points on the Sheldon Scale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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