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What Supplies Do I Need For Collecting

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 Posted 04/21/2012  01:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Engineer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Starter list:

Acetone
Short, wide Mason Jar
Distilled water
Gloves
Empty space on your book shelf
Books
More empty space on your book shelf
More books
A small bag of junk coins to help you learn about the coin you're interested in
Another book
Coin tubes to separate by year
More coin tubes to separate by mint
More coin tubes to separate by variety
2x2s
Good stapler
Empty drawer
Organizers to organize your coin organizing stuff
Dansco album(s)

...then you decide you want to take a photo

USB microscope
Digital SLR with macro lens
Lighting setups
Scanner

Now that you've spent $5K, you're ready to buy your first coin :)

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Well for US coins I'd start off with the RedBook (see my signature below). Find an area of interest then maybe abother book or two on the subject. And a trip to local coin shops and a show, leave your money the first time, just get a feel what is out there first. There is always plenty of time to buy coins.

Maybe get the ANA Grading guide book and a 7x loupe. Then go buy some stuff! Join a local coin club if there is one near you, find a mentor or two. Best advice I can give, seriously!

Join the ANA if the collecting bug sticks more than a year.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013!
ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector.

See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440
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My experience has been that my 2x magnified lighted 4x4 lens is insufficient! Not only do my eyes hurt but I feel like the couple thousand pannies I've looked at I very well may have missed RPM or DDO because I don't really know what I'm looking for as a newbie and I don't feel 2x is enough magnification for me to see those small details. I'm pretty much on hold until I get more magnification...
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My experience has been that my 2x magnified lighted 4x4 lens is insufficient!
A couple of years ago I would have disagreed with you, but I recently bought a new lighted 4x lens because my trusty lighted 2x was not helping much anymore.
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I would also suggest a flat clinch stapler for cardboard 2x2's. You can get one of these at Staples for around $10

I bought a MAX brand flat clinch. In addition to flattening the staples, it can punch through 30 sheets of paper easier than a regular stapler does two.
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