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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FTWrath, post: 1381678, member: 35765&quot;]As I mentioned before I am getting back into collecting.</p><p>I&#039;m still fairly new to the game, the last time I collected I got my hands on a few Morgans and junk silver, nothing to brag about. I mainly stopped because I didn&#039;t really know what I was doing and didn&#039;t have a good source to buy from (other than eBay).</p><p>I&#039;m back to collecting after doing some more researching and reading up on stuff.</p><p>I also found a dealer nearby who I&#039;ve become good friends with so that also helps.</p><p>Before I take my collection to the next level I really want to decide what to focus on.</p><p>I like slabs, mainly because I got took on a few eBay items that weren&#039;t slabbed and I was too inexperienced to realize they were cleaned/dipped.</p><p>I also like knowing EXACTLY what it is I have in my possession and how much I could pay for it without over paying. It&#039;s one of those things that you can&#039;t over pay for as the seller can&#039;t grade it one grade higher than it really is (unless it&#039;s a scarce coin and it gets bid-up/premium).</p><p>However, it also does limit my purchasing ability. There are numerous coin dealers within 50 miles of me. I like the one I currently go to, he gives me simply ridiculous discounts because I advertise for him and many of the purchases are 25% below value. </p><p>The only problem is he doesn&#039;t have a lot of slabbed coins so I can&#039;t buy as much. The stuff he does have he sells me very cheap though as he bought it cheaper. For example, I bought a 1936D Oregon Half Dollar Commemorative PCGS MS65 for $240 the last time, which was basically a steal.</p><p>He does have A LOT of raw coins, cases upon cases I haven&#039;t searched through yet.</p><p>He also gives me great discounts on these, even higher discounts, 1877 Sitting Libery 25C for only $15 in F-XF condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically I just want some advice. For a new collector who wants the most out of what he buys what do you suggest?</p><p>Graded/raw?</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I&#039;m buying Graded and a little bit of raw as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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