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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3123166, member: 56859&quot;]When I started I wanted everything <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Still do, but it is tempered by refined tastes and budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially I planned on just buying &quot;uncleaned&quot; coins because at that time, learning to identify and attribute coins was the most fun part.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reality of &quot;uncleaned lots&quot; set in though.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t really &quot;uncleaned&quot;, they&#039;ve been cleaned enough so that the multitude of middlemen have been able to determine that the coin isn&#039;t worth much or that it won&#039;t clean up well.&nbsp; This is a generalization but is true for the majority of &quot;uncleaned&quot; coins you&#039;ll find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, having come from a family who collected old US coins by removing them from circulation, the idea of paying money for a coin was really weird but since I wasn&#039;t going to find an ancient coin in circulation...</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing led to another.&nbsp; <i>Rapidly</i> led to another <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; One of the most fun things early on was buying several large lots at auction.&nbsp; Most of the coins weren&#039;t attributed so it provided great entertainment and education.&nbsp; As the experienced collectors predicted, most of those mixed lot coins are not things I will keep in my collection long term but that doesn&#039;t mean they weren&#039;t valuable to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the story:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/how-i-became-interested-in-ancient-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/how-i-became-interested-in-ancient-coins" rel="nofollow">http://www.tifcollection.com/how-i-became-interested-in-ancient-coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is plenty of good advice in this thread.&nbsp; There is not one right way to go about it.&nbsp; Try browsing auctions (upcoming and closed) to see what&#039;s out there (<a href="https://www.numisbids.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/</a> and <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sixbid.com/</a> are good for that).&nbsp; Browse Vcoins for currently available fixed price coins.&nbsp; Stay away from eBay until you get some experience or dealer recommendations from CoinTalk users-- eBay is chock full of fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Start with coins that are inexpensive relative to your disposable income.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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