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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 3074954, member: 20480&quot;]I cannot speak for others, but my sense is that much of the &quot;disrespect&quot; you allude to is rooted in the attempts of many to short circuit the traditional learning process because of their exposure to the &#039;get rich quick in coins&#039; books that have hit the store shelves these past 10 years or so.&nbsp; Those books have lined the pockets of their authors, and those are pretty much the only people that they have helped.&nbsp; They have given birth to a new breed of collector, which is much more profiteer than true collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should be patient, and identify and capitalize on opportunities to learn as they present themselves to you.&nbsp; Buying books instead of coins is the best place to begin, and I don&#039;t mean price guides, top 10 investment newsletters or books about hitting it big with pocket change.&nbsp; I mean books that educate about the series you want to focus on, and others about pitfalls of making bad choices . . . The Coin Collector&#039;s Survival Guide by Scott Traverse is a great starting point . . . <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Collectors-Survival-Manual-Revised-Seventh-ebook/dp/B00QP3H7HA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525613973&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Coin+Collector%27s+Survival+Guide" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Collectors-Survival-Manual-Revised-Seventh-ebook/dp/B00QP3H7HA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525613973&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Coin+Collector%27s+Survival+Guide" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Collectors-Survival-Manual-Revised-Seventh-ebook/dp/B00QP3H7HA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525613973&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Coin+Collector's+Survival+Guide</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t want you feeling like the following statement is directed at you in particular Joe, but nobody learns all about coins overnight, and almost nobody gets rich in coins either.&nbsp; In terms of odds, when you read or hear about that person who found a 1943 copper cent, or a 1969-S Doubled Die cent, you are reading about a veritable Powerball winner.&nbsp; The folks who wrote those &#039;get rich quick in coins&#039; books I mentioned knew that they would sell in droves to those wanting a short cut, yet would help almost no one else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each of us must pay our dues in this hobby.&nbsp; Those wanting to learn it all too fast are likely the ones wanting to make big money on coins they already own, or on coins they plan to spend money on, and are the ones likely to make the biggest mistakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying we don&#039;t want to help our fellow collectors Joe . . . we do.&nbsp; But, we don&#039;t want to be treated like we are &#039;books on tape&#039; either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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