Back To Basics - Criteria For Buying?

@just carl:

i think here in europe we have big problems with counterfeited coins.

alone the range of counterfeit german talers is huge.
saxon talers are very interesting for counterfeiters and also all other crowns and talers.
they were mostly produced in china.
then the roman and all other ancient coins.
they were mostly produced in the south-eastern part of europe (former yugoslavia, romania and bulgaria)

I have to admit that others here are giving you their best advice to help you out in your pursuit for monetary gain...

I, on the other hand as a older CCF member, conclude after reading your thread, is that you want others to do your own homework...

I have collected on and off for over fifty years in a hobby that's more about enjoyment then it is about taking a loss when you sell...

After reading your first paragraph, I believe your not into Numismatics for the love of the hobby, but more or less trying to make the best investment for a future return, and if this is true you would most likely do better on a CPA Forum for future investments...

Many here do it for the love of the hobby, and the very serious ones expand their knowledge to Die Varieties that I'm sure they didn't consider when they first started collecting...

When you comment that "I DON'T PURCHASE ITEMS OUT OF PURE EMOTION" (you don't even mention coins), you really don't understand how the hobby works...

I'm sure others will critique my reply, but the coins & currency I have made out of PURE EMOTION, are some of the best purchases I have made, and since I don't plan on selling anything, I could care less what they sell for after I'm no longer around...

While I may have questions for other forum members to help me out, I would NEVER ask anyone what I should purchase, and when my interests change to another part of Numismatics, I'm old school and purchase the necessary books, etc..

I will end this by saying that if you want others to help you decide on what to purchase, your not going to have the enjoyment others here have...

And I'm a bit older than you and I've found with so little time possibly left, blow money on whatever you like, want, can afford. My family doesn't need my money so why shouldn't I just blow it on anything and everything that I like, want, can afford. As to who inherits this mess, I really don't care. Let them inherit what I liked, not what they want. If my coins are all fakes, that will be someone else's problems. Spending money to me is fun as with coin collecting. I buy what I like, want, need, enjoy, etc.
Time is to short.

just carl

Im just the opposite of you. My family does need the money and since my SS check is the biggest part of my income I have to spend it wisely. I keep a list in front of me because I find myself buying duplicates if I dont. I intend to leave them the best I can which is what I like and I dont like fakes.

edgman