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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 4642106, member: 7638&quot;]I guess the statement that got to me in the OP was this: </p><p><br /></p><p>which to my reading suggests that a &quot;real&quot; collector doesn&#039;t buy certified coins ; that those who do, don&#039;t study their coins, or derive genuine pleasure from viewing them, and that once they are purchased, they are &quot;tossed in a drawer&quot; and forgotten. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Graded, certified coins can still have a host of problems and buyers still need to be careful to avoid buying problematic, &quot;market acceptable&quot; coins.&nbsp; I enjoy studying my graded coins, looking at the surfaces, how dies were modified, die states, and what was happening in history when they were produced and circulated. They aren&#039;t an investment as such but they will at least be more marketable for my heirs, or for me if I decide to sell them myself. </p><p>I&#039;m also a type collector and don&#039;t know every single US series in great detail, so buying a higher grade coin for the type set is less risky for me if it is already graded ( not everybody is John Milton!)</p><p>&nbsp; If you are sticking to fairly inexpensive raw coins for your type set, great, it reduces the risks of significant loss and you can handle them all you want. When you get to that Trade Dollar hole, though, you may want to purchase a certified one and break it out. Just sayin&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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