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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Swiego, post: 1576918, member: 41881&quot;]Hi everyone - thank you for the comments.&nbsp; It&#039;s somewhat strange interacting with people about a lifelong hobby that I&#039;ve kept mostly to myself, but I have a lot to learn and hopefully a little to share.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris: it&#039;s my writing that is dense. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe that collectors intrinsically should pursue higher grade coins.&nbsp; That is up to the collector and his/her budget and personal preferences.&nbsp; That said, some collectors choose to pursue a high grade collection right out of the gate, and if they heretofore had little experience with lower grade coins then they may face two obstacles: (a) higher risk of being swindled due to lack of perspective and (b) diminished appreciation for how good that high grade coin is, having never seen a lower grade example.&nbsp; For example, I feel I can appreciate a MS-66 or MS-67 wheat much better after staring at MS-60 examples in a loupe for years.&nbsp; If all I ever saw were slabbed MS-67s, I probably would not know to really tell the difference.&nbsp; I realize that this is something of a philosophical point--can you really appreciate pleasure if never having suffered pain--but I believe that one can hedge bets by getting as familiar as possible with the widest possible range of grades for a particular series, even if one has the means to focus exclusively on high grade examples.&nbsp; In this hobby perspective always helps, never hurts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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