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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3255193, member: 19463"]I somehow think this same end would be reached if you sent $50 to many of the people who advised you here or anyone who has collected for a while and asked them to send you coins that they have outgrown. You won't get great things that way either but you are more likely to get coins you will be able to learn a lesson other than where not to buy coins. I do suggest you select someone who lives in your country or even in your town since postage will eat up the 'profit' on low end things like you are seeking. </p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone likes to ID coins that have enough details to ID, I offer the photos on my quiz page </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/quiz.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/quiz.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/quiz.html</a></p><p>That page was a total failure since the questions I asked were too hard for some and too boring for others. I no longer recommend reading the questions but the photos are not identified so you can play and not be tempted to cheat by looking at the answers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3255193, member: 19463"]I somehow think this same end would be reached if you sent $50 to many of the people who advised you here or anyone who has collected for a while and asked them to send you coins that they have outgrown. You won't get great things that way either but you are more likely to get coins you will be able to learn a lesson other than where not to buy coins. I do suggest you select someone who lives in your country or even in your town since postage will eat up the 'profit' on low end things like you are seeking. If anyone likes to ID coins that have enough details to ID, I offer the photos on my quiz page [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/quiz.html[/url] That page was a total failure since the questions I asked were too hard for some and too boring for others. I no longer recommend reading the questions but the photos are not identified so you can play and not be tempted to cheat by looking at the answers.[/QUOTE]
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