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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Scropper, post: 2243569, member: 36121&quot;]Saving it is excellent advice.</p><p>Buying books is excellent advice.</p><p>Type Set is excellent.</p><p>Early copper is excellent advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>But to really know what speaks to you, I&#039;d buy a few genuine culls of everything.&nbsp; It wouldn&#039;t take long with $25/wk to get some real (and really cheap) coins in your hands from the local coin shop, or at a show.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re dying to spend money, save up $100 and know you&#039;re blowing it on stuff you&#039;re not likely to get your money out of - in other words you&#039;re losing $100 - and play with them.&nbsp; See what speaks to you.&nbsp; Give them a chance to talk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then buy the book and learn about it.&nbsp; Then save up for a nicer version of what you like.&nbsp; Don&#039;t spend a fortune, just a little bit.&nbsp; A problem-free upgrade.&nbsp; Then another.&nbsp; Maybe a low grade certified.&nbsp; Then, once you&#039;ve done this a few times and you really know what you&#039;re looking at, go ahead and save up, maybe sell what you can and get something much, much nicer.</p><p><br /></p><p>But remember - especially in coin collecting, a little bit of knowledge can be a very dangerous thing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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