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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;About Good, post: 847130, member: 21547&quot;]It&#039;s always good to get a fresh, perspective view from a New collector in ANY hobby. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This may take awhile, (as I tend to be winded) so eat dinner, get a drink, grab a smoke..or smoothie....and enjoy...:eat: </p><p>By new, I mean at least a year. That&#039;s me. Especially with coins. There is so much to digest, how many hobbies go back 2000 years? or at least with US coins, 230 + years?? Not many....</p><p>I started basically with the state quarters (like a million others), but in the middle of those, I started to look at other coins. I wanted some old, (sample coins as I call them), I wanted an example of every U.S. coin. Yes, just one example. Or type let&#039;s say. Because I was getting my state quarters from my local coin shop. (I did not realize the US mint sold coins to us mere mortals, I thought they only sold them to coin shops). How silly was that? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I believe Alot of people to this day think the same thing. Because why do they pay more on Ebay for something they can buy at the mint for less money?? :rolling:</p><p>OK, I am rambling, Should I go into what I did buy ? or just get to the point of the coin hobby in 2010? OK, I will get into what I did buy later.</p><p>Now, I am a researcher by trade, so no one needed to tell me to buy the book first. I bought books and books. And read forums and forums....</p><p>This was all in the last year. Do I know alot? Yes, do I know everything?, not even close.:eating: </p><p>Let&#039;s get to my Idea of the future of coin collecting....shall we? I told you I was winded...LOL.!!</p><p>OK, so, I go to my first coin show in the past year, then another, and yet Another. Now, these are basically in-state local shows....But these are the grass roots of the hobby as a whole.!! </p><p>I have read and read (as you have) about the huge shows. I almost feel as if I attended myself by the descriptions and photos.!! Thank you for those that tell us about those.!! Some of us may never attend, and we live it through your eyes, so thank you.!! :bow:</p><p>OK, First off, we collect coins as a hobby. We all have our reasons. My reason is I want to hand down a heirloom to my children, and enjoy it with them until I pass. </p><p>I am going to have to continue this on my next post , cause i see I am running out of room....my goodness why can I not just get to the point.!!</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />dd:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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