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<p>[QUOTE="Smitty, post: 1360145, member: 35044"]I'm in the same process. I just finished David Ganz's latest book. Working on Q. David Bowers' "The Expert's Guide ..." now. And I've been buying various Blue Books from the previous couple of decades to look at trends and looking at historical Heritage auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to diversify my investments. I collected coins as a kid (still have them in their original Littleton packets) and I've always picked up a few here and there. I realize the majority of collectors say it's a bad investment, but I never listen to anyone anyway :smile. I always need to do my own analysis.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is nice to gather the data and knowledge here and other places before doing my own due diligence. I'm interested in following what you find. So far, it seems like any other area of investment, where if you can find the sweet spot you can get good return on your money, but if you generalize it looks like it's not worthwhile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Smitty, post: 1360145, member: 35044"]I'm in the same process. I just finished David Ganz's latest book. Working on Q. David Bowers' "The Expert's Guide ..." now. And I've been buying various Blue Books from the previous couple of decades to look at trends and looking at historical Heritage auctions. I need to diversify my investments. I collected coins as a kid (still have them in their original Littleton packets) and I've always picked up a few here and there. I realize the majority of collectors say it's a bad investment, but I never listen to anyone anyway :smile. I always need to do my own analysis. It is nice to gather the data and knowledge here and other places before doing my own due diligence. I'm interested in following what you find. So far, it seems like any other area of investment, where if you can find the sweet spot you can get good return on your money, but if you generalize it looks like it's not worthwhile.[/QUOTE]
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