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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joesmom, post: 8226, member: 934&quot;]Thank you all so much for the warm welcome and great advice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>National Dealer - Thanks so much for the advice, I will be sure to shop around.&nbsp; Much to my husbands delight I&#039;m very good at bargain hunting and usually very good at NOT grabbing the first thing I see.&nbsp; However, I can see how that will be difficult at this show if it is as large as it sounds.&nbsp; Hope I don&#039;t get too overwhelmed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>satootoko - My (and my late fathers) primary interst is in US coins.&nbsp; I picked up a Red Book a few months ago and have been chewing my way through it again &amp; again.&nbsp; There is just so much to learn and remember that I find myself going back to it frequently.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also been to the book store a few times but with no luck.&nbsp; Once I&#039;m certain which areas I want to concentrate on I&#039;ll probably dig deeper into Amazon for more subject specific books to fill my needs.&nbsp; Although I will admit to being drawn to the Silver Eagles...Can ya blame me?&nbsp; I&#039;m a girl, we like sparkly things...I think its in our genetic make up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; As for Ebay, I think it would be best for me to avaoid it until I&#039;m MUCH more knowledgable than I am now.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want my ignorance to be someone elses profit.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy - Thank you for your kind words about my father.&nbsp; It really hit hard.&nbsp; Even though I&#039;m 35 I was always Daddy&#039;s Little Girl...but then again, aren&#039;t we all?&nbsp; Thanks also for the heads up regarding the Bargain Bins...I&#039;ll be sure to keep my eyes open for them.&nbsp; Also, I&#039;m really good at bartering.&nbsp; I guess it comes from all of our vacations to the caribbean, haggle for everything there.&nbsp; I&#039;m still not sure exactly which collections I want to complete.&nbsp; There are some gaps in his Mint &amp; Proof sets that I&#039;ll probably fill.&nbsp; Then move on to the individual coins that strike me.&nbsp; Mostly I&#039;m drawn to the Walking Halves and Silver Eagles...as well as the Morgan &amp; Peace dollars.&nbsp; Mu husband also likes the Morgans as well as Buffalo nickels.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad he&#039;s taken an interest in this with me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually I&#039;d like to complete some year sets for the years that are important in our family&#039;s life.&nbsp; I want to include a short description with each one as to why it&#039;s important to our family (By birth year, year we were married, etc) then save these &amp; pass them on to my son when he&#039;s grown.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen the hard snap together holders for year sets...are these safe for long-term storage?&nbsp; Should I get 2 for each year (1 for each mint mark)?&nbsp; Also, are there any album pages out there to accomodate these types of holders?&nbsp; I want to get the best grade coin for each that I can afford, hopefully it wont be too expensive considering the dates that I&#039;ll be looking for.&nbsp; Any help/input y&#039;all can offer is SO appreciated.&nbsp; Also, if I&#039;m violating any board rules about adding more questions to an existing post please let me know.&nbsp; Not sure if I was supposed to start another thread or not.&nbsp; Thanks </p><p>Robin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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