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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stainless, post: 422207, member: 11757&quot;]Since I started about 9 months ago now, I have &quot;evolved&quot; greatly.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I started off with no knowledge, but thankfully I got help from many different forum members. I recieved my first redbook from Hobo, along with some other goodies from the ANA. I was very geeked. I also bought some books during that time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I started off by liking morgans and ancients, but I soon found morgans dollars to be expensive. So I then switched to ASE&#039;s. I saw that this wasn&#039;t a good hobby to invest in, so I left. I only made two threads on CT in the three weeks I was gone. So at this point, I was a month into the hobby and was already done.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>About a week after I left the hobby, I recieved an unexpected package from Arditarion. It was three ancient Roman coins....One was of Hadrian, the other of Constantine II, and the last from Constantine the Great. I was very excited. And that got the ball rolling again.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, I was into ancients, and I was into Wheaties. I wasn&#039;t worried about investing anymore, I suddenly became a collector.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After the wheaties, I sort of stoped with them, and narrowed down anceints to mainly ancient romans (along with the exception of a few coin that I liked). I also started a Franklin half dollar set. I was going to just so a &quot;set&quot;, but at the same time I started, I met jaceravone (who is one of my best freinds of CT <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), he gave me the idea to get all my frankies in MS-60 or better.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sooo, after I was almost half way (had 11 out of 35 frankies at my peek), I soon realized that I found to find it boring. I didn&#039;t like collecting a set where the only thing changing was the MM and the date. So I decided to stop and go for something else. To this day though, frankies are still the area where I am most knowledgable in for US coins (and I am still not to good with those..lol).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then I was back to stage one, I was collecting anything and everything. Thankfully, I took the advice from all at CT and slowed down. I even went into ancient India coins...that did not last too long.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was still collecting ancients at this time, but didn&#039;t really have a plan with those as I was i the learning stage. This is about when I seriously started to get into them (this was about early June, aroung my 6 months into the hobby). I learned how to attribute them, and I loved it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Around this time, I decided to do a small cent type set for US coins. that eventually went away and I just started buying US small cents, not really worrying whether or not I completed the set. I am still very new and don&#039;t have much knowledge for small cents though...lol.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, now we are in September, I am currently trying to become more knowledgeable at small cents (which is harder than I thought..lol). I now also have created a path for my ancient collection too, and that is to create a very nice Ancient Roman Imperial set.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, in summary:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>US COINS: In 9 months, I went from a investor into a collector, became fairly well known in frankies. And am now working on small cents (with the exception of buying coins for my PC). I am aslo working on a 20th century type set. I am not rushing (as of now..lol) and am taking this time to learn.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ANCIENTS: In 9 months, I went from &quot;ohhh, pretty, I am going to buy that&quot;, to ancient romans, to an ancient roman Imperial set (with the exception of still hunting down Gorgon). I am having much more fun now that I know what I am doing for the most part. I still have a long ways to go though. Ancients are my favorite coins, and my longest interest has been set here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WORLD COINS: 9 months, and still have no clue..lol</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, I am only this far because of the many forum members who have helped me out. Thank you for helping me become what I have become. I couldn&#039;t have done this alone. I hope to continue to learn and get advice from you guys, as everyone here is more knowledgeable than myself.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I have made many freinds since I have been here, some I have become pretty good freinds with.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>stainless[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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