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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ghostfire, post: 183812, member: 7462&quot;]Hello!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m new to this forum and fairly new to collecting US coins. I&#039;ve collected some ancients for a few years..but recently my attention has moved in the direction of US coin collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to run a few things buy you&#039;all...and get some advice/comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I&#039;ve read and heard that coins are not a very good for investment purposes. It is better to</p><p>buy for the joy of collecting..etc. I can identify somewhat with this view..as collecting ancient</p><p>roman coins certainly fell within this category for me. Although I would expect to</p><p>get &quot;something&quot; back out of my collectiion if I chose to sell it..but perhaps nothing that</p><p>would be considered a &quot;good return&quot; on the money I had put into it. Any comments on</p><p>US coin collecting and investing?</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, I&#039;ve been told not to buy &quot;problem&quot; coins. When I bought ancient roman coins, I bought</p><p>them because they &quot;looked good to me&quot;. Grading meant nothing (as it was very subjective in</p><p>that area) and clips/chips....countermarks (which actually are collectable)..etc..weren&#039;t an issue..I</p><p>bought the coin itself because I liked it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when I see a &quot;problem&quot; Classic Half Eagle that I like alot (problem is slight rim filling) selling for 1/2 the price of a &quot;problem free&quot; issue of the same &quot;grade&quot; but maybe not as appealing to &quot;me&quot;...why shouldn&#039;t I but the problem coin? Especially if I&#039;m not buying for investment purposes...but for the &quot;joy of collecting&quot;...it seems like a good deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any comments? I know the &quot;problem coin&quot; will be harder to sell. Maybe I should anticipate &quot;turnover&quot; in my collectiion and hence the problem free coin will generally sell quicker so I could collect something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the rambling..I&#039;ve been mulling these things over for a while and would appreciate anybodies comments/advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>thanks!!</p><p>Ken[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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