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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 3472072, member: 31533"]Have to say I was not that thrilled at first. Plus, I was not actively collecting at that time. But what finally got me collecting was that Wisconsin error (high or low leaf) so I started paying attention to them. And no, I never found one of those. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think most of my collecting again started with trying to find error coins, and has since progressed that I collect and really now enjoy coins without errors as well. I'm not sure if I would ever have started a 7070 had I not really learned more about coins in this endeavor, because you are forced to understand the coin and pay attention to the minting process and vagaries of various issues if you want to be at least somewhat good at it. And after that, I' branched out to look at modern gem quality coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is so much to learn in any one small part of numismastics, and starting one place may not be the path you only take.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 3472072, member: 31533"]Have to say I was not that thrilled at first. Plus, I was not actively collecting at that time. But what finally got me collecting was that Wisconsin error (high or low leaf) so I started paying attention to them. And no, I never found one of those. I think most of my collecting again started with trying to find error coins, and has since progressed that I collect and really now enjoy coins without errors as well. I'm not sure if I would ever have started a 7070 had I not really learned more about coins in this endeavor, because you are forced to understand the coin and pay attention to the minting process and vagaries of various issues if you want to be at least somewhat good at it. And after that, I' branched out to look at modern gem quality coins. There is so much to learn in any one small part of numismastics, and starting one place may not be the path you only take.[/QUOTE]
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