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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lord Geoff, post: 1578150, member: 42001&quot;]I have done a lot of research on this and agree with what you guys are saying.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand how you&#039;re not going to find any gems or whatnot and will probably end up breaking even give or take in the long run (give or take some % and also minus your time).&nbsp; So believe me I&#039;m not going into this thinking it will be a windfall.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I&#039;m going to at least give it a shot for two reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>First I think it will be very good for me for analyzing and identifying coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m still going to get the books and read them etc. but I think sitting down with half a legend or whatnot and having to attribute the coin myself will be the best way to learn quickly.&nbsp; Hands on do it yourself experience just seems more effective than reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second it seems fun!&nbsp; It&#039;s probably the second closest thing to being on a dig, and starting with a lump and ending up with a &quot;somewhat decent&quot; coin at the end seems great.&nbsp; I know a lot will end up being nothing but from what I&#039;ve seen you will get some 5-10 dollar ones out of it and that is fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still will be collecting but it seems kind of pointless to really be buying until I have a clue what is going on.&nbsp; This will be a good bridge to get my feet wet and have fun in the meantime.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also seems relatively low risk high reward.&nbsp; If I do it once and don&#039;t like it, that&#039;s fine.&nbsp; I&#039;m out the price of one real coin and a little time.&nbsp; If I do like it. then all the better!</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW here is the first lot I bought.&nbsp; Horrible choice?&nbsp; It seemed like the right mix of not total slugs but not too good so very easily ided and cherry picked.&nbsp; No chance of anything?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Days-20-Uncleaned-Ancient-Roman-Coins-Lots-of-Details-Lot-8-FREE-SHIPPING-/281026692261?ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:3160" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Days-20-Uncleaned-Ancient-Roman-Coins-Lots-of-Details-Lot-8-FREE-SHIPPING-/281026692261?ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:3160" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Days-20-Uncleaned-Ancient-Roman-Coins-Lots-of-Details-Lot-8-FREE-SHIPPING-/281026692261?ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:3160</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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