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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 2332973, member: 72790&quot;]My experience is that if condition and eye appeal are important to you as a collector you need to see and handle the coin. No amount of photography can equal that kind of appraisal. This is especially true of ancients, medieval, all hammered and early modern period, say up to 1800 or so. Besides, talking to the proprietor and often the locals who hang out in the shop, can be enjoyable in itself. I don&#039;t know about collecting as an investment but as a hobby nothing beats a trip to the local coin shops to see what just showed up. I also have found out that if you become a regular and pay cash you can get a pretty hefty discount.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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