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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1809889, member: 57463&quot;]First, Greg Reynolds has to validate himself to the reader who does not know who he is.&nbsp; I do the same thing. For a dealer like GDJMSP that comes with the job title. But who is Greg Reynolds?&nbsp; If you put &quot;Greg Reynolds numismatist&quot; in a search engine, you will find that he was granted several awards by the Numismatic Literary Guild. He writes for many venues, including Heritage and Numismatic News.&nbsp;&nbsp; But no one pays attention to by-lines. (Trust me on that.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the advice, it is the same thing we hear in ancients. David Vagi had a similar article in <i><u>The Celator</u></i> many years ago.&nbsp; Collect the highest grades of the most popular coins and assemble a collection that other people can relate to.&nbsp; That is, if you want to sell your collection for the most money.&nbsp; It did not make me happy at all.&nbsp; My collection at that time was small Greek silvers worth a day&#039;s wages from the towns and times of famous philosophers.&nbsp; Who cares?&nbsp; Everyone wants Gold of the 12 Caesars or at least a full run of high grade Denarii (Antoniniani) by Emperor from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus.</p><p><br /></p><p>But like this advice, that also only takes a bunch of money and not much else.&nbsp; I assembled a set of Mercury Dimes by going through bags of circs at a coin dealer&#039;s.&nbsp; It took a few months.&nbsp; It was a lot of fun.&nbsp; I ended up buying some in 2x2 because, of course, every bag was searched many times over through the years.&nbsp; Still and all, I have two Whitmans with Mercs... but no 1916-D.&nbsp; Why bother? Any time I want one, I can go to any show and almost any store and just throw down a wad of cash. Slabbed, graded, certified, entombed, delivered. Press the magic Gimme button.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, I too have researched some of those World Famous Auctions when I wrote an article about Proof Double Eagles. Trompeter, Eliasberg, Manley, ... They could have made more money actually working their day jobs.&nbsp; But those day jobs allowed them to pursue their passions.&nbsp; And it was the passion of collecting, not the profits in the after-market that drove the greatest collectors -- just as it motivates each of us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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