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Message:: [QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 25360112, member: 100459"]I am sure there are collectors that buy from the Mint.  I have only been collecting for about 20 years and my brother and I inherited my father's collection.  Although his collection wasn't the best, nor did he protect his coins, my brother and I are thrilled that he collected his coins.  It was a pain to go through them because I was a novice as was my brother at the time.  My first set was a collection of Morgan Silver Dollars in a set of three coins.1882CC, 1883CC, & 1884CC, all graded by NGC MS65.  I paid $1,500 for them.  I bought them from "Mike" in a midnight coin show.  Although they were a little high, I really like them.  I am more selective now about my purchases.  Most of my high-ticket items have been graded by NGC.  I have a few PCGS and others.  I have a friend that is a dealer, and he lets me leave them with him so he can let me know if I got a problem coin.I am working on a collection of American Silver Eagles, the single ones and the sets.Every silver or gold coin that I collect, I get up with my bother to see what he thinks of the coin.  He's smarter than I am, but more patient with him.  I don't see him much, as he lives in Southern California, and I live on the East Coast of North Carolina.  He is 75 and I am 79, so we don't take too many trips anymore.[/QUOTE]