Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samclemens3991, post: 2529948, member: 82181&quot;]Sorry this is driving me crazy.&nbsp; You are being robbed and you don&#039;t even know it.&nbsp; what I am about to say contradicts every coin guru, writer, dealer and any other expert on the planet.&nbsp; They will tell you &quot;Buy the key dates first, this will save you money in the long run and the common dates will always be there.&quot;&nbsp; I think this advice ruins more new collectors than anything in the world.</p><p>I have read many numismatic books.&nbsp; Never do they begin,&quot;I&nbsp; discovered Trade dollars and of course purchased an 1885 Trade dollar in deep cameo proof 67.&quot;&nbsp; NO.&nbsp; Instead they tell how they bought some coins only to discover they were Chinese fakes and ONLY many chapters later do they tell how &quot;they were thrilled to finally find a deep cameo proof 67 up for auction.&quot;&nbsp; So they never take that buy the key coins first crap either.</p><p>What you are doing is gathering some expensive plastic with metal inside.&nbsp; Spoiler alert.&nbsp; The 1881-s is very, very common.&nbsp; Especially in super high grades with dazzling luster and razor sharp strike.&nbsp; Look for them on the internet and you will find hundreds, maybe thousands of them.&nbsp; </p><p>Here is the thing.&nbsp; Even in PCGS 65 holders, if you study enough of them you will learn just what makes a coin a 65.&nbsp; Study harder and you will discover all those coins are actually unique in their own way.&nbsp; Study some more and you will find yourself favoring certain aspects, maybe sharp strike, or a particular type of toning.&nbsp; eventually those common as dirt 81-s coins will tell you what kind of coins you are going to put in your set.&nbsp; No collector says, &quot;Is this the right coin?&quot;&nbsp; They already know because they have put in the due diligence and hard work it takes to build a set of coins that only one person in the world could have built.&nbsp; The common dates are your true teachers, they are just sitting there waiting for you.&nbsp; If you do this you will have a collection of memories.&nbsp; Of the top of your head you will be able to tell the heartbreaks and victories of each coin as if it happened yesterday.You will also truly appreciate those hard won key dates and understand the difference between a bunch of expensive coins and a story you lived out.&nbsp; In my opinion you are set to do as so many have.&nbsp; You will lose interest and wonder why anyone would buy such a common coin as an 81&#039;s.&nbsp; the coins you have will have no personal meaning so they will be that much easier to forget about and six months or a year from now you will be doing something else.....[/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