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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 2634226, member: 26030&quot;]If you buy raw, watch out on getting ripped off.&nbsp; There are a lot of raw problem coins for sale, and if you rely on your eye or the sellers estimate for grade and price, you will likely overpay. A coin might eye-ball for AU58, but if it was improperly cleaned in its past, it&#039;s value might be only 25% of guide.&nbsp; If I were doing what you were trying to do (with little experience), I would buy only PCGS slabbed coins (IMHO PCGS is the best at grading (but not perfect) ... NGC is 2nd, IMHO) -- at least then you are more assured of what the value actually is and can make better decisions.&nbsp; If you do go the PCGS route, get them TrueView photographed by PCGS and start a Registry as that&#039;s a nice way to enjoy and track your set.&nbsp; And being PCGS slabbed you have something that will hold it&#039;s value (fairly well, if you ever go to resell).&nbsp; When i dabbled in Currency Types back in 2010, I thought I could rely on the sellers grade and my own eye (classic overconfidence) and ended up with a collection with a lot of doctored and &quot;professionally worked on / cleaned up&quot; notes that were valued at only $5k when I spent $10k -- it was an expensive lesson but one that saved me tons more when I got back into coins.&nbsp; If you are like most of us, you will buy a few things that you later dont like as much, and wish to upgrade ... you might be in a rude awakening on the value of your old piece at that point.</p><p><br /></p><p>However if you wanted to go really lowball and old school and wanted lower end types (AG, G, VG) and wanted to go raw for cheapness, that&#039;s fine too.&nbsp; There are many ways to collect and some collectors hate slabs.&nbsp; Just dont pay too much.&nbsp; Collect for enjoyment and not resale value.&nbsp; Occasionally try to sell something to learn a bit more about value and problem coins. It can be eye opening!</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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