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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 1249672, member: 24091&quot;]Well welcome to the world of world coins then.&nbsp; Pretty much how most of us got started with it, we liked the art better, or at least that certainly applies to me as well.&nbsp; I also had a real tough time with idea of collecting by date and mint mark.&nbsp; Was fun enough with Lincoln pennies, but the Mercury dime series was kind of a joke, every single coin was available for melt except the 1921, 1921-d, and 1926-s which cost maybe $20 or $25 for a decent about-good.&nbsp; And then there was the 1916-d which costs over a thousand in any kind of decent condition.&nbsp; I just had a hard time rationalizing that kind of money for a coin that was identical in every way except a single digit to the 1936-d which costs about $10 in gem BU.&nbsp; And then there was the rarity factor, the 1916-d for all its cost isn&#039;t even rare, there are dozens advertised for sale in nearly any coin publication.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I digress...</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, if you&#039;re still pretty new at it, you must (not maybe, MUST) get a copy of Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins.&nbsp; The 20th century volume is the most popular, they also publish a 21st century volume along with 19, 18, and 17th century.&nbsp; Fifty bucks sounds like a lot of money for a book, but believe me, its worth it.&nbsp; After you&#039;ve spent a few evenings looking through the 2,000+ pages you will have a better idea of which coins you like and want to pursue.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or at least that&#039;s how it started out for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first time I looked through it, I couldn&#039;t get past Albania, the designs were that cool.&nbsp; Many of them expensive and I figured I would never own any of them.&nbsp; Well, fast forward 25 years and it turns out I have picked up a nice collection of them over the years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, good luck with it and welcome aboard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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