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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 912012, member: 4552"]WELCOME TO THE FORUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.</p><p>So your in California? Any Earthquakes by you? </p><p>Agreed that you should look for a copy of the Red Book by Whitman Publishing. I suggest you look at used book stores, flea markets, garage/yard/estate sales for an older version. Reason is much cheaper. I've seen older ones at flea markets for $1. As anyone can tell you the prices in the lastest versions are basically rediculous. In reality a 3 or 4 year old edition would have prices that are more logical or realistic. </p><p>As to collecting Silver coins, today that is rather an expensive hobby to start. The reason is the price of Silver is really high and a recent massive amount of new coin collectors have made almost any coin's price inflated. You'll find that one thing about this or any hobby is price and demand. As more and more people want something, the more it will cost. An example of this is not to long ago everyone wanted Beanie Babies. Then everyone lost interest and the ones that at one time sold for hundreds of dollars are now sold everywhere for a few dollars. </p><p>Being new to coins I'd suggest trying to collect coins you find in change. For example the Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel, etc. Then you can find many, many coins for face value. And if you ask friends, nieghbors, relatives for any old coins, you may end up with a lot more of what your collecting and again for face value or less if nice people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 912012, member: 4552"]WELCOME TO THE FORUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. So your in California? Any Earthquakes by you? Agreed that you should look for a copy of the Red Book by Whitman Publishing. I suggest you look at used book stores, flea markets, garage/yard/estate sales for an older version. Reason is much cheaper. I've seen older ones at flea markets for $1. As anyone can tell you the prices in the lastest versions are basically rediculous. In reality a 3 or 4 year old edition would have prices that are more logical or realistic. As to collecting Silver coins, today that is rather an expensive hobby to start. The reason is the price of Silver is really high and a recent massive amount of new coin collectors have made almost any coin's price inflated. You'll find that one thing about this or any hobby is price and demand. As more and more people want something, the more it will cost. An example of this is not to long ago everyone wanted Beanie Babies. Then everyone lost interest and the ones that at one time sold for hundreds of dollars are now sold everywhere for a few dollars. Being new to coins I'd suggest trying to collect coins you find in change. For example the Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel, etc. Then you can find many, many coins for face value. And if you ask friends, nieghbors, relatives for any old coins, you may end up with a lot more of what your collecting and again for face value or less if nice people.[/QUOTE]
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