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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1261458, member: 13650&quot;]Well, I&#039;m willing to help for a fee.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; All kidding aside, why do you feel the need to jump into the coin business so fast?&nbsp;&nbsp; At the LEAST, if you really want to enjoy the hobby, I would think you would sit back, learn the ropes and just collect for a while.&nbsp; &nbsp; Many will say once you turn it into a business, it&#039;s hard to enjoy the hobby as much.&nbsp; You might find coins don&#039;t even interest you anymore.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you and your buddy are still interested after 10 years, then maybe there&#039;s something there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Truth be told, I&#039;ve heard dealers are a tight knit group.&nbsp; They buy a lot of inventory between each other at wholesale or less.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten the impression that any Joe Blow off the street that comes along thinking they&#039;re going to set the world on fire, isn&#039;t going to join the club over night.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s a unique business.&nbsp;&nbsp; You better be at the top of your game and highly knowledgeable if you want any respect or expect to turn a profit.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s a different world than most businesses.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m just a collector.&nbsp; As an adult, I&#039;ve collected pretty hard since 2008.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read and studied a lot.&nbsp; Been to a lot of shows.&nbsp;&nbsp; Have seen a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I feel like I&#039;m up on quite a bit but after a few years, I can&#039;t say I have specialized knowledge in any one thing.&nbsp; &nbsp; I can say the counterfeits pouring in from China are scary and you better be able to spot one.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Especially the Morgans.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think fake Morgans fool people on these forums occasionally.&nbsp;&nbsp; With the right size, weight, metal content, and look with no major flaws, they fool dealers at shows.&nbsp; &nbsp; A dealer at one show was going to buy a whole set of them for 30k before the seller tipped them off that they were Chinese fakes.&nbsp; And these are people that know what they&#039;re doing!!&nbsp;&nbsp; They make fakes of everything nowadays.&nbsp; Not just the key dates.&nbsp;&nbsp; People in the US buy them from China for next to nothing and then re-list them as the real thing for pure profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Well good luck with whatever you decide to do.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you know there&#039;s a lot to learn before you jump in the game.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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