Numismatics 101

That makes me feel bad because I sounds like you and me had war of the words

 

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We love ya young one.........

 

Thank you all

 

Implying there was excitement; a debate involving a well established numismatist and a young man eager to learn. Lol the (differences) in experience really seems to bother some people. Coin talk is great though, tons of willing and knowledgeable collectors. Cointalk is love.

 

Nah, Ken is pretty think-skinned, and it gave you spunk!

 

No war of words.....an mutual exchange.

 

Don't worry about it, we all make mistakes once in a while. I have made multiple defensive comments (that were wrong on my part and in bad taste) about people saying "things" about out generations and I still beat myself up about it.

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Who is Ken?

 

Blast! Think skinned? LOL.......

 

@green18

Thanks,
Jacob

 

That would be me.....

 

Let's get this thread back on topic....

Beginner/Advanced - If you have to buy that cleaned coin, make sure what you pay reflects the cleaning.

 

All Levels - Assume that "not so well focused" coin on ebay is harshly cleaned, and find a different one.

 

Don't buy blasted cleaned coins to begin with........

 

Keep receipts and good records.

 

I dunno. There are times when it's ok. I think I did ok on this one:

 

Ain't that the truth! I'm about 2000 coins behind in my record keeping, and I dread the hours ahead of me to catch up.

 

Only if you want to cheat the Goobers........wait a second, don't keep the records....

 

@Mike Drop , We love new collectors, especially ones that are eager to learn. You have so much to learn, it is okay to seem like you don't know much. I have been collecting for about 2 years and still barely know anything compared to someone like @green18.

 

Shoot Kirk, you're making me jealous.....and our young friend has absolutely no clue.