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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FHDave, post: 353157, member: 7359&quot;]First off :loud: WELCOME!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is an incredible amount of knowledge and willingness to help here in this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, not to sound like a broken record, but the Red Book is probably the best _first_ coin book to pick up.&nbsp; It will give you lots of great information on US coins.&nbsp; After that, you can decide where to go and what other books to pick up.&nbsp; Remember the mantra &quot;buy the book before the coin&quot;.&nbsp; This will become more important as you start spending more money on purchasing coins.&nbsp; The more valuable or rare the coin, the more important it will be to have the knowledge about the coin before you purchase it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I have to agree with coins2006, even if you should find yourself not being as advid a collector as you get a little older, make sure you put the coins away for that day when the but bites you again.&nbsp; I started when I was around 12 and had a paper route (wow, am I dating my self with that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ).&nbsp; People paid me with some really old coins, including 1 Pilgrim Tercentenary coin as a half dollar.&nbsp; I was lucky enough to save it, even though at that time I had no clue how unusual that really was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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