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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bsowa1029, post: 2896323, member: 34652&quot;]Like others have said, and many more still will, read. Whether its this forum, magazines, or books reading is always the best wayto learn. Go to shops and shows and ask questions. I&#039;ve learned so much more than I ever thought I would from this forum when I joined 6 years ago.</p><p>Before I joined here I was just like you. I was interested in coins but really had no idea what to look for or what I even wanted to collect. But as time went on I slowly gravitated towards a couple specific series and I&#039;m sure the same will happen for you.</p><p>If you don&#039;t know what you want to collect yet spend most of your &quot;coin time&quot; just reading, looking and listening. Don&#039;t spend a lot of money on any coins right away.</p><p>If you spend enough time on this forum you&#039;ll eventually see that the eBay seller Great Southern Coins should be avoided. While I disagree with avoiding them, I will say that you should use caution when buying any raw coin from them either until you&#039;re very comfortable with spotting problem coins or you&#039;ve gotten advice from someone who is - posting photos here and asking for advice is always good.</p><p>The reason I brought them up is because even though I very rarely purchase anything from them I still follow them on eBay and scroll through their listings probably on a weekly basis because they&#039;re always listing new stuff and I just like looking at coins.</p><p>That might be something you want to do just because it will expose you to many different series of US coins and that may help you decide if their are any particular series that pique your interests.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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