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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 440338, member: 8033"]Oh RickieB, My question was a joke! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I'll answer many of them one at a time. First being what got me into it. Old story but hey here goes. I've been a coin collector most of my life. Various jobs led me to handling lots of paper.One day, while working in a truck stop, a bunch of 1950 series' $20 notes came in. I figured "why not" and bought a bunch at face value. Mind you I had NO interest in paper and just figured I MIGHT be able to sell some off at a profit to buy more coins. I put them on ebay with big pics and an honest "I know squat about paper" description. They were selling. No huge profit but I decided I needed to learn.First book I bought was the Blackbook and I did that basically to learn some grading. I learned more from Blackbook and started looking harder. It wasn't about making money now it was about making a few bucks to afford more paper AND coins. Paper money was pretty hot back then as it turns out but was dead here in the Midwest.I bought and sold a lot of "funnybacks" at a good margin and still have my original collections. During this time I hooked up with one of my "mentors". He's on CT as it turns out. Look up Lewminator. Lew taught me volumes. But I digress into another question.[/QUOTE]