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<p>[QUOTE="Rufio, post: 3311936, member: 100369"]Great advice and thanks for replying. It is a bit overehelming at first but very interesting at the same time. I started buying cheap bulk lots on ebay both us and world coins to help me familiarize myself with different designs and which coins seem really common etc. Alot of world coins now i can identify the country off the bat and a little extra research to determine the mintage amount etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying the red book seems like a good idea too and that way I can just read through it and look at different coins without actually having to buy them. So far im enjoying this new hobby very much and just found out there is a small monthly coin show where I live once a month I will have to start attending <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Learning the market is very interesting too. I still dont understand why there are some relatively low mintage world coins that look really cool and are cheap but some of these US coin prices are through the roof with a higher mintage. Obviously there is much more demand but sometimes I scratch my head why. Thanks for the advice guys![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rufio, post: 3311936, member: 100369"]Great advice and thanks for replying. It is a bit overehelming at first but very interesting at the same time. I started buying cheap bulk lots on ebay both us and world coins to help me familiarize myself with different designs and which coins seem really common etc. Alot of world coins now i can identify the country off the bat and a little extra research to determine the mintage amount etc. Buying the red book seems like a good idea too and that way I can just read through it and look at different coins without actually having to buy them. So far im enjoying this new hobby very much and just found out there is a small monthly coin show where I live once a month I will have to start attending :) Learning the market is very interesting too. I still dont understand why there are some relatively low mintage world coins that look really cool and are cheap but some of these US coin prices are through the roof with a higher mintage. Obviously there is much more demand but sometimes I scratch my head why. Thanks for the advice guys![/QUOTE]
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