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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1309952, member: 26302"]Personally JCB I believe you have wonderful logic. I find BU to be pretty overpriced versus rarity, along with key coins. To me the true bargains in US coins today are problem free, VF-AU rare coins. These are the backbone of the hobby, always in demand, and have not gone up as much as BU and key date coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tell you what, you will have a hard time finding truly attractive coins in those grades for sale. They disappear fairly quickly from dealers as collectors always collect. A lot of dealer inventory will be problem coins. Learn to determine cleaned from uncleaned, stay away from problem coins at nearly any price, and I strongly commend your logic and goals. When I collected US coins I did exactly what you are proposing, except making some mistakes early on like we all do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thumbs up from me!</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1309952, member: 26302"]Personally JCB I believe you have wonderful logic. I find BU to be pretty overpriced versus rarity, along with key coins. To me the true bargains in US coins today are problem free, VF-AU rare coins. These are the backbone of the hobby, always in demand, and have not gone up as much as BU and key date coins. Tell you what, you will have a hard time finding truly attractive coins in those grades for sale. They disappear fairly quickly from dealers as collectors always collect. A lot of dealer inventory will be problem coins. Learn to determine cleaned from uncleaned, stay away from problem coins at nearly any price, and I strongly commend your logic and goals. When I collected US coins I did exactly what you are proposing, except making some mistakes early on like we all do. Thumbs up from me! Chris[/QUOTE]
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