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<p>[QUOTE="900fine, post: 196480, member: 6036"]I'm not sure what you mean by "Heritage sheets", but I guarantee you the <b>PCGS prices are very high</b>. No way will you sell for those prices.</p><p> </p><p>Those numbers are for <b>shipping insurance purposes</b> - submitters place any value they like on submitted parcels, and the TPGs insure them at that value upon return. The PCGS prices are used as guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>I strongly advise trying your hand at selling a few and see how you do. Personally, I find it a lot of fun. It is definitely an EDUCATION.</p><p> </p><p>So is READING. I'm amazed at the amount of literature. Lots of good stuff. Many titles have appeared on this site - in fact, there was a great thread recently <b>"What coin books have you read lately ?"</b> or something like that.</p><p> </p><p>The ANA website has lots of reading material... here's the link...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.money.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?section=unknown&task=1&CATEGORY=BOOKS&DESCRIPTION=Books&CFTOKEN=60719481&continue=1&SEARCH_TYPE=find" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.money.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?section=unknown&task=1&CATEGORY=BOOKS&DESCRIPTION=Books&CFTOKEN=60719481&continue=1&SEARCH_TYPE=find" rel="nofollow">http://www.money.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?section=unknown&task=1&CATEGORY=BOOKS&DESCRIPTION=Books&CFTOKEN=60719481&continue=1&SEARCH_TYPE=find</a></p><p> </p><p>I've heard it said that a few exceptional pieces are better than 100s of common ones.</p><p> </p><p>Put another way... better to "invest" $2000 in two coins - $1000 each -than 200 coins $10 each. Obviously, plopping down $1000 on a piece requires building decisions on knowledge.</p><p> </p><p>But I also agree that this is a hobby. Feel the love.</p><p> </p><p>Some folks do make money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="900fine, post: 196480, member: 6036"]I'm not sure what you mean by "Heritage sheets", but I guarantee you the [B]PCGS prices are very high[/B]. No way will you sell for those prices. Those numbers are for [B]shipping insurance purposes[/B] - submitters place any value they like on submitted parcels, and the TPGs insure them at that value upon return. The PCGS prices are used as guidelines. I strongly advise trying your hand at selling a few and see how you do. Personally, I find it a lot of fun. It is definitely an EDUCATION. So is READING. I'm amazed at the amount of literature. Lots of good stuff. Many titles have appeared on this site - in fact, there was a great thread recently [B]"What coin books have you read lately ?"[/B] or something like that. The ANA website has lots of reading material... here's the link... [URL="http://www.money.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?section=unknown&task=1&CATEGORY=BOOKS&DESCRIPTION=Books&CFTOKEN=60719481&continue=1&SEARCH_TYPE=find"]http://www.money.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?section=unknown&task=1&CATEGORY=BOOKS&DESCRIPTION=Books&CFTOKEN=60719481&continue=1&SEARCH_TYPE=find[/URL] I've heard it said that a few exceptional pieces are better than 100s of common ones. Put another way... better to "invest" $2000 in two coins - $1000 each -than 200 coins $10 each. Obviously, plopping down $1000 on a piece requires building decisions on knowledge. But I also agree that this is a hobby. Feel the love. Some folks do make money.[/QUOTE]
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