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<p>[QUOTE="costello, post: 1581840, member: 42025"]I don't know if it'd be more fun or not, but it would definitely make me less astute about what I buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't make a lot, but I've been bitten by the coin collecting bug. I thought getting a few rolls of coins every two weeks would pacify things, but it isn't. I want to know more, and so I want to save up for The Cherrypicker's Guides. The search for errors will definitely teach me how to grade coins; I know I won't be a professional at it, but I'll most definitely gain some knowledge. This will benefit me in the future when I actually start dropping some serious dollars for a few pennies, as I'm sure it will happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I won the Powerball, chances are I'd go big time real fast and start buying up coins graded 67-70, because I can. I wouldn't lose interest, but I definitely wouldn't be gaining knowledge, which means I'd always be at the mercy of the slab. I don't like that idea. I don't like that I'll have to save for 20 years in order to get a gold coin, but I don't like the idea that I have a ton but I don't really know what I have worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't intend to buy slabbed coins for a really long time, but I'm okay with that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="costello, post: 1581840, member: 42025"]I don't know if it'd be more fun or not, but it would definitely make me less astute about what I buy. I don't make a lot, but I've been bitten by the coin collecting bug. I thought getting a few rolls of coins every two weeks would pacify things, but it isn't. I want to know more, and so I want to save up for The Cherrypicker's Guides. The search for errors will definitely teach me how to grade coins; I know I won't be a professional at it, but I'll most definitely gain some knowledge. This will benefit me in the future when I actually start dropping some serious dollars for a few pennies, as I'm sure it will happen. If I won the Powerball, chances are I'd go big time real fast and start buying up coins graded 67-70, because I can. I wouldn't lose interest, but I definitely wouldn't be gaining knowledge, which means I'd always be at the mercy of the slab. I don't like that idea. I don't like that I'll have to save for 20 years in order to get a gold coin, but I don't like the idea that I have a ton but I don't really know what I have worse. I don't intend to buy slabbed coins for a really long time, but I'm okay with that.[/QUOTE]
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