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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1711688, member: 44079&quot;]What he said!&nbsp;&nbsp; Start there.&nbsp; For my first acquisitions if I was old enough to use a PC for posting, but had no prior experience I would start with a few pre-1964 proof sets still in the original wrapper.&nbsp; Get two or three of those (coin dealers if you live in a big town that has some, Ebay (from US sellers with Ebay stores, if you don&#039;t).&nbsp; Then sit back and read the red book and decide which coin type and era interest you.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You will have to decide if you are doing this because you like coins and the history they represent, or are you doing it as an investment.&nbsp; Different directions require differing amounts of your money.&nbsp; PCGS and similar graded coins, although possibly a good long term investment (ask me in another 50 years) tend to be costlier than the same coin not sealed into a plastic slab.&nbsp; Alternatively, some of us (put me in that category) like the actual feel of handling old coins and now and then sticking my fingers into a bucket of silver coins.&nbsp; You lose that with the slabbed in plastic coins, but they are for investment, not fun.&nbsp; Do you want to do gold coins?&nbsp; As the red book shows there are lots of different ones.&nbsp; Same with silver coins.&nbsp; You will also need to decide if you want to bother with the newer base metal coins.&nbsp; Do you have interest in commerative coins that never circulated?&nbsp; Some do.&nbsp; To me they are medallions, not real coins, but it is a taste thing.&nbsp; Our Mint makes new commeratives every few weeks or so it seems.&nbsp; Usually in ridiculously large numbers.&nbsp; Enough I prattle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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