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<p>[QUOTE="ubermint, post: 532347, member: 16665"]I have to agree with this. I started with the pennies 1909-2007 and I just keep finding better and better grades of circulated. It's fun and it's cheap. I on the other hand kinda dabble in all kinds of coins. If I aquire it by roll searching, it was a bonus but if I see something I like, I will save for it. Trying to fill an album can make you feel stressed. I speak for myself when I say that because I am thinking I will never find all this stuff and I want a new coin everyday etc. Then there always seems to be that one or several coins for that set that are going to cost me my life savings to get and will most likely never own. So the best advise I have gotten is to save for what you really want. Collect what makes you happy and its a marathon, not a sprint.</p><p> </p><p>Personally I just went through my extra coins (all circulated etc.) and put them in 2x2 cardboard cards and labeled them. I will grade them as I learn more, but then bought the 2x2 plastic inserts for a folder. Seems like they hold 16 coins ( to lazy to get up and look) but I am quite happy with that. I can flip through them now. They aren't in a tube or in a box etc. It was not only fun doing it, now I can fill it with even more of a certain type and move on to something else if I don't feel the need to get every single coin of a series etc. The more I learn, the more money I have to spend later in my life, I will continue to get better coins. For now though, it's quite relaxing, fun and practical.</p><p> </p><p>Hope I didn't babble too long. Hope it helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ubermint, post: 532347, member: 16665"]I have to agree with this. I started with the pennies 1909-2007 and I just keep finding better and better grades of circulated. It's fun and it's cheap. I on the other hand kinda dabble in all kinds of coins. If I aquire it by roll searching, it was a bonus but if I see something I like, I will save for it. Trying to fill an album can make you feel stressed. I speak for myself when I say that because I am thinking I will never find all this stuff and I want a new coin everyday etc. Then there always seems to be that one or several coins for that set that are going to cost me my life savings to get and will most likely never own. So the best advise I have gotten is to save for what you really want. Collect what makes you happy and its a marathon, not a sprint. Personally I just went through my extra coins (all circulated etc.) and put them in 2x2 cardboard cards and labeled them. I will grade them as I learn more, but then bought the 2x2 plastic inserts for a folder. Seems like they hold 16 coins ( to lazy to get up and look) but I am quite happy with that. I can flip through them now. They aren't in a tube or in a box etc. It was not only fun doing it, now I can fill it with even more of a certain type and move on to something else if I don't feel the need to get every single coin of a series etc. The more I learn, the more money I have to spend later in my life, I will continue to get better coins. For now though, it's quite relaxing, fun and practical. Hope I didn't babble too long. Hope it helps.[/QUOTE]
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