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Message:: [QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 8531252, member: 100459"]Most of you know my story about how I got into collecting coins. Anyway, I got a ton of coins when my father passed.  None were graded or put into some type of protection, anyway, that was my first act to get them in a 2x2.  That got me going, but I was still a very ignorant collector.  My first purchase was on a TV show.  Our "friend" Mike was selling a tube of 1921 Morgans.  They looked nice compared to the Morgans my father had, so I bought the tube of 10 Morgans for $500.  My next purchase was from "Rick" for an American Silver Eagle One Ounce Proof Coin that was graded MS70.  I paid about $175 for the coin. "Rick" advertised that I "MUST" have the coin. Thankfully, I found Cointalk and someone that was wiser than I was. He was a dealer and he was and is a good friend and someone I feel I can trust.  So far, he has been right in coins I thought I might want to buy.I want to tell you guys and gals, this website is far better than any other that I have found, although, I do look elsewhere from time to time.Thanks for all of the help you have given me.  By the way, I do buy a coin now and again from ebay, but they have to be graded by NGC or PCGS, not to say the others aren't any good, but when you are buying from ebay, Amazon, or any other source, BE VERY CAREFUL.  As they say, "A fool and his money are soon parted."[/QUOTE]