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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 2753303, member: 20480&quot;]I hope you are not offended, but:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Coins should not be viewed as an investment.</li> <li>Putting most everything you are worth into any single vehicle is concentrating your risk, and is inherently irresponsible.</li> <li>As part of the learning process, it is just as important for the inexperienced to learn from making some <b>small</b>&nbsp; mistakes on raw coins as it is for the seasoned collector to avoid large mistakes on certified ones.&nbsp; </li> <li>The very notion that avoiding certified coins will get you a better deal with raw coins tells me you are not ready to make this kind of decision at all.&nbsp; Many seasoned collectors I know (think 30, 40, even 50 years of collecting) have lamented not buying a certified coin after learning that their raw coin substitute had a problem affecting its value.<br /> </li> <li>I have my doubts that you&#039;ve handled enough coins in your 23 years that you should feel so confident in dispensing with certified coins so completely.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been collecting for 48 years, and look only at the coin, not caring whether it is raw, or by whom it has been graded.&nbsp; There are far too many mistakes to be made buying certified coins, and even more to be made buying raw.<br /> </li> <li>Looking to a well-respected coin dealer for direction is a fine idea, but there should very clearly be no conflict of interest involved.&nbsp; However, to me that means not buying coins they have any sort of interest in.&nbsp; Instead, you might identify coins at major auctions you are interested in, and pay them to be your eyes.</li> </ol><p>I&#039;m quite sure other members will have lots of other thoughts you would do well to seriously consider before taking such a leap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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