Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dan Galbato, post: 24881739, member: 149264&quot;]eddie, there are all levels of collecting and I consider myself a rookie collector at best but a collector just as much as the next guy with years of trying to fill a book with nickels or dimes. My reason for speaking up was not because I don’t know the difference between uncirculated and circulated coins or the difference between a scrap bucket of metal, it’s because the enjoyment of collecting has been lost to the idea that graded coins are the bottom line. Ship ed, I purchased four coins myself last week, two new ms70 silver coins and two 1900 c Indian head one cent coins from a bucket of scrap metal for a couple of bucks. Why buy a couple of garbage cent coins someone might ask, because Im in the hobby to collect what I don’t have and not always the best.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; All I have to say about cleaning or cleaned coins is, run back a few posts and let me know which piece from my collection of cardboard you wouldn’t own! Grading my friend has gone from one extreme to the next, it is doing very well, and has taken some of the fun out of gathering chunks of history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in