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Message:: [QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 562297, member: 5233"]I would find a design you really like and buy a nice example of that.  I think a good first coin would be a more common date in nice condition.  That way, you have a nice pristine example of a coin design you really like. For example, when I first started collecting I realized I absolutely loved the Morgan Dollar.  The first one I bought was an 1881-S without knowing much about the coin.  To this day, that is my favorite coin in my whole collection.  It's a nice BU with an almost PL look to it and an excellent strike.  I later learned that the 1881-S is known for it's exceptional strike quality and large number of BU examples still in existence.  So, a wonderful looking piece can be picked up inexpensively and you will see all the intricate details of the coin that are lost on some lesser stuck dates.[/QUOTE]