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New Member
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Hi. I'm new to coin collecting. Just payed off my mortgage a month ago and decided it was time for a hobby to spend some of that new-found money. I had some old Canadian pennies I saved years ago so I thought I would start collecting there. I also love some of the NCLT coins (I think that's the right term...)at the RCM and purchased a few. Don't know if that's a great investment choice though after some of the forums I've been reading here. Looking forward to any advice more experienced collectors may be willing to share with a newb! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF! The best advice I can offer is to start slow and try to research the coins you want to purchase beforehand so you know what to expect. Use the archives and learn from our mistakes, many of the members here will openly discuss their mistakes and that is a tremendous resource.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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to CCF Second the advice to research things first. Also, figure out what interests YOU. It's YOUR hobby so whatever interests ME is irrelevant. Understand that collecting coins (or NCLT or whatever) is a HOBBY not an investment.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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 United States
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to the Community!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to CCF.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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to the CCF!
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Valued Member
United States
398 Posts |
Welcome and congrats on paying mortgage, I've paid mine off 3 times but they called it refinance .....
Good luck!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Always nice to have another Canadian join us. There are many penny experts here that can help you out if you want to post pictures on the proper forum.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I see you have been reading the forum. I too jumped in after paying off my mortgage. Do go slow on the nclt, there are many bargains on the secondary market!! Main thing is to have fun and truly enjoy each piece. Start threads to ask any questions you may have. Tell us what you prefer collecting, like maybe silver dollars.
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Valued Member
United States
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NCLT is the correct term but I like the classic pre-1964 stuff mostly, have bought and sold a lot of Canadian in my life. Welcome aboard!
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Valued Member
United States
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Welcome to the CCF Family!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Welcome, eh. Many collectors coin roll hunt (CRH). I'm going to start searching 'junk silver'. Learn and don't get burned!
Enjoy!
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Canada
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to CCF... I am from Ottawa as well!!
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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