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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3122743, member: 19463"]This photo shows a few of my favorites. </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favgroup.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Explanations and reverses are found on my website along with more of my opinions than anyone cares to see.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/</a></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/banner.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as where and what to buy, the first step is to decide what you want to collect. That is a very hard question since you probably have little idea what exists and how to put into words a reasonable answer to the question "What do you want to collect?" Many of my pages were written to help new collectors form their answers to that question. I suggest this series:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite place to buy coins is from friends who happen to also be dealers or collectors. If you hang around here long enough, you may make some friends. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite friends tend to work on their coin photos. They make it a lot easier to share, learn and talk about coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3122743, member: 19463"]This photo shows a few of my favorites. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favgroup.jpg[/IMG] Explanations and reverses are found on my website along with more of my opinions than anyone cares to see. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/[/url] [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/banner.jpg[/IMG] As far as where and what to buy, the first step is to decide what you want to collect. That is a very hard question since you probably have little idea what exists and how to put into words a reasonable answer to the question "What do you want to collect?" Many of my pages were written to help new collectors form their answers to that question. I suggest this series: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html[/url] My favorite place to buy coins is from friends who happen to also be dealers or collectors. If you hang around here long enough, you may make some friends. My favorite friends tend to work on their coin photos. They make it a lot easier to share, learn and talk about coins.[/QUOTE]
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