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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;justndav76, post: 1306341, member: 17428&quot;]I just got back into coins a few years ago... my grandmother always bought me a proof set every year for my birthday.&nbsp; She also had many old, high end buffalo nickels/old silver coinage pre-1940, early commemeratives, old French coins from the 1700&#039;s, a few gold pices, and a lot of old U.S. paper bills pre-1940.&nbsp; When she passed I was the beneficiary of her coin collection among a few other things.&nbsp; I deeply miss her and would trade every one of my worldy things to see her again.&nbsp; That being said, I was just amazed at what she left me in her coin/bill collection and it got me started again a few years back.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I go into my local dealers place, the one I like, he knows me and knows what I&#039;m looking for.&nbsp; If he has high end silver Kennedy halves he pulls them out for me and I usually have a need for one or two of them he has.&nbsp; I also check his book and pull some high quality silver dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars out.&nbsp; He lets me examine them as closely as I want with my magnifying glass and we get along well.&nbsp; I will not buy cleaned, banged up coins just won&#039;t.&nbsp; I want the finest I can get and can afford.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, yes, I have fallen victim to a bad purchase once or twice before- I think that&#039;s how most of us learn.&nbsp; The coin shows on t.v. do spur interest I&#039;m sure, and that&#039;s a good thing for the hobby.&nbsp; I wish we could just have a better way of reaching those folks to let them know about these guys on the tube.&nbsp; This forum, and the folks that post here, have taught me sooooo much and I am thankful for the knowledge our posters have!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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