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<p>[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 1160581, member: 26972"]Yeah but, do you only wear black and white and waddle around in flocks?</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I went the opposite direction:</p><p><br /></p><p>Background: I have collected (ok saved) all my pocket change for as long as I can remember. I was also handed down a rather large hoard of Lincolns. About a year ago, I found myself with time to go ahead and do something with these coins. I started with Google looking up values, learning key dates, then that took me to eBay to see what stuff was actually selling for, which led to learning grades, which then led to PCGS & NGC - which led to message boards. </p><p><br /></p><p>With of all of that, I decided that I needed to put my hands on some certified coins to use for comparison against what I have. .... So, I went on a PCGS Cent buying binge - that just confused me more. So I decided to pick just one coin and last October, I chose the VDB for a lot of reasons, affordable, plentiful, controversial, 1st Lincoln etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=167212&pagenumber=#ixzz1K6ADiaUu" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=167212&pagenumber=#ixzz1K6ADiaUu">http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=167212&pagenumber=#ixzz1K6ADiaUu</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 1160581, member: 26972"]Yeah but, do you only wear black and white and waddle around in flocks? I went the opposite direction: Background: I have collected (ok saved) all my pocket change for as long as I can remember. I was also handed down a rather large hoard of Lincolns. About a year ago, I found myself with time to go ahead and do something with these coins. I started with Google looking up values, learning key dates, then that took me to eBay to see what stuff was actually selling for, which led to learning grades, which then led to PCGS & NGC - which led to message boards. With of all of that, I decided that I needed to put my hands on some certified coins to use for comparison against what I have. .... So, I went on a PCGS Cent buying binge - that just confused me more. So I decided to pick just one coin and last October, I chose the VDB for a lot of reasons, affordable, plentiful, controversial, 1st Lincoln etc. Read more: [url]http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=167212&pagenumber=#ixzz1K6ADiaUu[/url][/QUOTE]
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