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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1798733, member: 26302&quot;]Excellent thread Paul. I agree, in hand is the best way always to see what a coin is. However, if you see enough in hand, you can learn to spot most things from photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess since I now mainly collect ancients, the idea of &quot;problem&quot; coins seems a little strange now. US collectors would label almost all ancients as &quot;problem&quot; coins, so I no longer have much aversion to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great point about problem coins though. Where people get into trouble is overpaying for them. People pull out a redbook and assume their coin is what is listed there, not knowing these retail prices are only for problem free examples. However, its not the coin&#039;s fault. The coin did not choose to get whizzed, cleaned, or artificially toned. Therefor, every coin deserves a home, its only a matter at what PRICE do you give it a home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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