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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2411779, member: 73165&quot;]Nothing wrong with Morgans and Walkers.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; A Walker short set is a fine project, but, IMO, if you&#039;ve only been collecting for a very few months, you should take a break from buying and do a lot more looking and reading.&nbsp; You&#039;ll need to learn how to grade and how to recognize problem coins (particularly cleaned ones).</p><p><br /></p><p>Your best avenue for doing this is going to shows, IMO.&nbsp; Going to a show gives you the opportunity to talk to 20 dealers in a day and look at hundreds of coins you&#039;d never be able to see otherwise.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know precisely where you&#039;re located, but where I live, I could easily go to 1-2 shows a month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Books!&nbsp; Lots of books!&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what you have, but your minimum should be a general grading guide, a current-ish Red Book, and one or two more specialized books on the series you want to actively collect.&nbsp; Whitman publishes books on most major US coin series.&nbsp; For Walkers, there&#039;s also <a href="https://www.davidlawrence.com/books/the-complete-guide-to-walking-liberty-half-dollars/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.davidlawrence.com/books/the-complete-guide-to-walking-liberty-half-dollars/" rel="nofollow">https://www.davidlawrence.com/books/the-complete-guide-to-walking-liberty-half-dollars/</a> which is a little out of date, having been published in 1993, but has the very nice virtue of being freely available online.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if there&#039;s a Morgan book available for free online, but VAMWorld is an interesting place to look, at least![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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