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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tcore, post: 84936, member: 2949&quot;]After reading lots of stuff online and talking to a number of people, I have to ask the question; Is there a right way to collect coins?&nbsp; I would think that the only &quot;Right&quot; way to collect coins is the way that makes the individual happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may be wondering why I&#039;m asking this.&nbsp; If so, read on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I have decided that for me, I get the most pleasure out of buying a few graded/slabbed coins that I can afford.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to buy mostly U.S. gold coins, but there may be a few others thrown in too.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to put together a bit of a type set with gold Liberties, but other than that, I sometimes buy a coin with no bigger purpose intended than &quot;Because I like it and find it interesting.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that many of you don&#039;t like graded coins, grading companies, etc.&nbsp; However, I like the assurance that the coin I am buying is authentic.&nbsp; I also like that they give it a grade.&nbsp; I know that the grading companies aren&#039;t always consistent and don&#039;t always get the grades correct, but I figure that they get it pretty close (at least if they&#039;re one of the Big 4).&nbsp; And I DO examine the coin first before I buy it and try to grade it myself.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to learn about grading, but I appreciate this service from the TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought an 1880 S $5 Liberty graded by NGC as an AU58.&nbsp; I know that this is small potatoes to many of you.&nbsp; I also realize that I could have probably paid $20 less for an ungraded coin, but to me, the service and quality level that I got from NGC for that purchase was worth it.&nbsp; I bought the coin on that purchase, but I suppose I bought the slab a bit too...so sue me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to a local coin dealer in town who seems to sell a lot of gold.&nbsp; I asked him if he had any graded $10 or $20 Liberties in the AU58 - MS60 range.&nbsp; He completely looked down his nose at me and said that he doesn&#039;t carry any slabbed coins with grades that low.&nbsp; He only carries slabbed coins that are an MS63 or higher.&nbsp; I suppose that it&#039;s his choice to carry what he wants to, but he gave me a bunch of attitude too and essentially indicated to me that what I was looking for was worthless to him.&nbsp; Well, I can tell you this much...he just lost a potential customer with his attitude.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, like I said, what&#039;s wrong with buying a coin if I just want that one coin?&nbsp; Why does it matter that I&#039;m not trying to put together a whole complete set of Roosevelt dimes or something like that?&nbsp; Lots of others like to do things like that.&nbsp; I don&#039;t.&nbsp; What&#039;s wrong with either of our coin collecting methods?</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, I&#039;ve had a couple of bad experiences like that and I have to wonder; Is my way the wrong way?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for letting me vent a bit.&nbsp; I thought this hobby would be relaxing.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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