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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 863957, member: 19463&quot;]Where Guy and I disagree is the desirability for people unwilling to study coins to be buying expensive coins.&nbsp; Just as the first car for a teen driver should not be a Ferrari, the first coins for a collector should not be ef+ Greek silver.&nbsp; I admire many coins that I do not feel my level of expertise prepares me to own.&nbsp; What is learned by buying a few slabbed coins is not the same as what is learned by buying many ordinary ones.&nbsp; The most costly education is one that teaches no lessons.&nbsp; One does not pay tuition at Harvard and not go to classes.&nbsp; The same coins available slabbed are also sold by completely honest dealers who will hold your hand and teach you what you need to know to advance slowly in the hobby.&nbsp; The difference is the container.&nbsp; I dare say Mr. Vagi&#039;s fingers have touched tens of thousands of ancient coins.&nbsp; Unlike modern proofs, ancient coins are best touched and learned from.&nbsp; What you learn from a $10 coin prepares you to buy a $20 one.&nbsp; It is a very expensive education even if you never buy a fake.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Beyond slabbing we might offer the service of selling coins of value but not delivering them rather like we do when we buy stock certificates.&nbsp; Buying a share of Ford does not put me in the automobile business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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