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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2745823, member: 19463&quot;]Many new collectors spend $300 on a coin worth $100 while others try to buy a $1000 coin for $300.&nbsp; That last group tends to buy a lot of fakes.&nbsp; The first group gets a coin they can enjoy for years if they can get over the fact that they paid as much for the service from the seller as they did for the coin and it will be a decade before they could recoup the difference.&nbsp; In the long run, that is a lot better than the one with the fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest avoiding auctions at the start but finding a trustworthy seller who has something you like.&nbsp; Reading these pages for several weeks will reveal a number of dealers some of us have used.&nbsp; You will even discover a few of us are dealers (I&#039;m not) and would be happy to sell you coins but it is not appropriate for me to post names here.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are coins for sale on CT sales sections.&nbsp; There are dealers who group together on vCoins (some better than others).&nbsp; I do suggest first that you participate here, read posts and determine who among us might be someone to ask for help.&nbsp; If you live near one of us (I&#039;m Mid Atlantic US), we might suggest a coin show where you could see thousands of coins. I know a couple between now and Fall but if you live in a place I have never been, you might be better off asking others.&nbsp; Best wishes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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