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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 758044, member: 6763&quot;]<b>A cogent response?</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly, and how often do you hear of someone (unbelieveably) mis-quoting someone? But, if you had actually read the original source, you would then know the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1) You&#039;d lose that bet, even on an annual basis.</p><p>2 NO! that was not my point at all. Go back and re-read a few of my responses to postings. If you had, you would never have said that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Doug.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point exactly, try, search and then ask if you can&#039;t find the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WHAT!?&nbsp; It is too expensive to buy a book to learn before you buy a coin? Congratulations!&nbsp; That statement merely proves my point once again.&nbsp; Have you never heard Q. David Bowers say: &quot;Buy the book before the coin.&quot;&nbsp; I have, and I have also listened.</p><p>What is too expensive is buying a coin and then finding out that you have a very expensive lesson in your collection.&nbsp; For example that wonderful rare variety is nothing more than a commonly faked coin. Or what ever.</p><p>There is nothing as inexpensive as a book!&nbsp; What is expensive is not having the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you said: &quot;Some people the expense involved with buying books makes it very difficult for them.&quot; </p><p>Sorry, but I don&#039;t even understand what this sentence means, and I did try to read it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In a word: YES!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that is what I am talking about---</p><p>It is okay for us to learn something, and spend time teaching it to you, but not right for you to actually attempt to learn something yourself?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Folks, my simple point: You want to learn (for example) what are the better dates for Barber quarters; or which Barber quarters are undervalued?&nbsp; Could I tell you? Sure, and I could spend a couple of thousand words relating the information to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we frequently see threads that say: Hey, which coins are undervalued? What should I buy? </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, based upon my thousand or so hours of reading I think that the following is my list of top 20 best buys/most undervalued coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>guess again!</p><p>Why should I spend that time reading, researching, spending money on books, etc, just to relate the info to you? </p><p>If you had spent the time researching and asked: What do you think of the 19XX Barber quarter in Fine condition? Should I buy one, if I can find it? I have searched for this coin, and can&#039;t find one, does that mean that it is scarcer than its prices seems to make it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be GLAD to answer. In detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>You had a question, and showed that you actually expended some thought!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, think about this:</p><p>You look up, for example, Lincoln cents, to read about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may accidently read about war time cents, and the fact that there were actually three war composition coins produced.&nbsp; Not just the 1943 steelies.</p><p>Think: Did I just look that up? Nope, I remember reading it.&nbsp; When I was researching for info about the 1943 D RPM.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that is the other side of the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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