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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prethen, post: 31805, member: 1756&quot;]Okay....perhaps, I appear to have been too harsh on my father and this didn&#039;t read right.&nbsp; My father and I have a great relationship and he constantly jokes about the cleaning even after I &quot;browbeat&quot; him over it.&nbsp; I meant my criticism of my father in very light terms, but unfortunately, through the magic of a forum it may not appear that way.&nbsp; You&#039;re right, I gave him the coins, they&#039;re his to do as he pleases.&nbsp; I should have realized what was going to happen prior to giving him that little collection since he taught me how to clean my coins with baking soda and water (when I was 9 years old and collecting Lincoln cents and Liberty nickels).&nbsp; I&#039;m very passionate about the hobby and my father knows it, so he ribs me about making those Indian Cents looks shiny, whenever he gets the chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as having the money and not the brains.&nbsp; Uh....I&#039;m not sure what to say, except that&#039;s why I&#039;m writing in this forum.&nbsp; Short of buying wrong and having a nasty experience, I wanted to get some tips from the pros.&nbsp; After 30 years I do know a bit about various areas of U.S. coins, especially type and early proof stuff, but not much about copper.&nbsp; I was hoping you would have taken this request for advice with a more &quot;understanding&quot; heart and an attitude of enlightenment instead of brutal criticism.&nbsp; I have every intention of bringing my level of knowledge up to snuff in many more areas than I&#039;m already familiar with and move towards being a part-time coin dealer.&nbsp; I feel have a leg up on many dealers I&#039;ve recently seen in the business and I think I&#039;ll add some positive notes to the hobby by joining those ranks.&nbsp; Quite frankly every dealer starts from some where.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to take advantage of lessons learned by others and gain some experience by doing a little &quot;field work&quot;.&nbsp; I plan on starting from a position of being up-front and fair with my customers, not to mention being light of attitude which you don&#039;t seem to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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