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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Beefer518, post: 2895871, member: 87737&quot;]Welcome to CT (CoinTalk) and the crazy, wonderful, and diversified world of numismatics!</p><p><br /></p><p>My best advice is to read. A lot. And then read some more. This forum (and others) have a huge amount of information about anything and everything coin-related.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you&#039;ll want to choose a path for your hobby. Modern? Classics? Gold? Silver? Copper? Ancients? Errors? etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once you&#039;ve chosen a path, stay on it. It&#039;s ok to take scenic detours (getting something outside of your focus set because it really speaks to you), but if you get t far off that path, you&#039;ll end up scattered all over the place, and you&#039;ll look back and say &quot;why did I get this coin?&quot; Don&#039;t ask me how I know this. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, remember that the education and the hunt are probably the two most enjoyable parts of the hobby. I honestly can&#039;t believe how much I have learned because of this hobby, and so much is not directly related to coinage, but to history.</p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly (only because it&#039;s late and I&#039;m tired), when you are seeking out a coin, get the best one you can afford. Nothing worse then buying a coin to fill a hole, and then deciding to find a better example 2 days/weeks/months/years/decades later because it just doesn&#039;t satisfy what you had in mind for your set. Buying cheap costs more in the long run.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and at first, I would recommend buying slabbed (graded) coins at first. There are a lot of coins out there (especially on a certain popular auction site) that are represented to be better then they actually are. Many uneducated (not necessarily new) hobbyists fall victim to these kinds of coins, and may be happy at first, but are sadly disappointed when they try to sell or trade that coin at a later time.</p><p><br /></p><p>And just to make sure I said it...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><b>READ!</b></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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