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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewCollectorRick, post: 2625331, member: 84576&quot;]Thank you all.&nbsp; I am trying to retain all of the info I gather. I was all over the place trying to get rolls of halves, quarters, dimes etc but wound up hooked on the good ol Honest Abes.&nbsp; There are just so many varieties and errors to look for.&nbsp; I have a lot more coins I am trying to identify the error and then I&#039;ll post.&nbsp; Hopefully I will get better at determining how to classify each one. I wish there was a place where I could go and be shown in person things to look for.&nbsp; Anyone have suggestions on how I could get in person tutor if you will.&nbsp; I know the one coin shop around here did not seem to be interested in answering many questions. I&#039;m sure a lot were dumb questions but books only take you so far. </p><p>If anyone is in the Huntsville Alabama , Chattanooga, Nashville areas and wouldn&#039;t mind spending time at a coffee shop or wherever going over some coins and just sharing some knowledge that would be awesome. I&#039;m buying food and drinks. Ill also be taking vacation finally so I can do some real hunting. Will be in Gettysburg then Massanutten Va for 10 days like the 9th of Feb on.&nbsp; Or maybe even a few people get together. I have received every answer I need on this forum and everyone has been very accepting to us newbs but it will take me forever to post the amount of coins in question.&nbsp; </p><p>I&#039;m going to start making list of questions when I remember them. Like recently I purchased an 1880 S MS66 I think it is from HSN. Now I know its probably the worst place to buy a coin but being new collector I just felt better about paying well over 100 for $1.&nbsp; Ha. I thought about buying the rolls of last Kennedy halves. They are only the 40% coins which I am aware of but good starters for me. Has anyone had experiences with HSN and if so what should I avoid or not avoid? I know ebay you can get good deals but like I&#039;ve read in other forums, you have to be careful on there. Now I&#039;m not falling for the &quot;unsearched&quot; shotgun rolls with key date showing but I&#039;ve heard that some machine doubled coins have sold for insane prices because people list them as true doubles and some people such as me wouldn&#039;t know for sure if what I&#039;m bidding on is accurate. </p><p>Any suggestions on good sites to buy from or good coins to start with.&nbsp; I&#039;m not just a silver guy.&nbsp; I like random interesting coins. U.S. for the most part but some foreign.&nbsp; I would really like to do my research on some early 19th c or earlier U.S. coins and add a few to my rapidly growing disease.&nbsp; Sorry for the 47 page book here but thank you for sticking around if you made it this far. My punctuation and grammar is horrible yes I know. </p><p>Thanks again for all comments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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