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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1598533, member: 112&quot;]I sure don&#039;t think it is. I think it is spot on.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the idea of a mentor - it&#039;s wonderful idea ! And it can help you learn a ton and do it a whole lot faster than you ever can on your own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it works best when the 2 involved can sit down side by side and examine coins together in hand. You can do that privately, but you can also do it at dealer shops or at coin shows. You would be amazed at what you can learn with a mentor alongside at a coin show because you can look at literally thousands of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately circumstances, locations, often make it difficult or even impossible for&nbsp; 2 people to do things side by side on a regular basis. Coin shows help a lot with that, but travel and expense enter into that. But the internet helps. While it&#039;s not as good, a lot can still be learned and experienced by using the internet to bring those 2 people together. And it&#039;s most definitely better than not doing it at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a lot like the ANA courses. Sure it is best if you can attend them all in person. But when you can&#039;t, taking the correspondence courses is far better than not taking them at all. And I strongly encourage everyone, from novice to experienced collector, to take them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years I have helped hundreds of people learn about collecting coins. I still am helping more than a few. And I have helped many collectors put together outstanding collections. I only wish I could have helped more.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you don&#039;t have to be an expert, I&#039;m certainly not, to help somebody. Even 2 novices just by sitting down together or meeting at a local coin shop can learn a great deal from the interaction with each other - talking and looking at coins. You can mentor each other. Anybody, everybody, can learn from anybody else. And I know of nothing that is more rewarding <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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