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Message:: [QUOTE="Arizona Jack, post: 490355, member: 9308"]If there has been anything I have learned, it is to LOOK at the coin before you buy. My eye has been sharpened and my mistakes have been costly, but I consider it tuition paid. You must look thru the holder and look at the coin. These are not stocks we are trading, these are coins. I did my first coin show as a dealer this year, and ended up doing more than a dozen on the " other side of the table". There is no training better than that. I also learned there is more to this than flipping coins on the bay for a quickie. Building a website and jumping head first in with real, hard earned money has made me less sloppy. My discrimination factor is on high. I also learned not to drink and bid. The next days invoice can hurt you, much more so than a hangover. I was told by a cpl vets, "hey there Mr Newbie " Coin Dealer ". don't quit your day job" , and I am SOOOOOO glad I followed that advise. Last but certainly not least, I was able to meet a whole bundle of you cointalkers !!!! That is one of my best accomplishments of '08.:smile[/QUOTE]