Taking The Leap From Bullion To Coins: My First Step!

I've had an issue with buying coins -- as hard as I try, I can't seem to come to terms with parting with more money than the melt value of the coin.

With that said -- I've always loved coins.

It's a real catch 22.

Any who -- I made the leap. It's a rather small one, but it was a safe one for me.

Picked up the following:

1986 ASE Proof (in original packaging)
2010 W $5 Gold Eagle NGC PF 70

I paid a bit of a premium for both ($75/$250, respectively,) but it felt like a safe way to get me over the hump of silver/goldbug to coin collector.

Everyone should now gear up for a ton of questions, as I'm sure I'll start having more and more as I continue to add to my collection :)

Thanks to everyone for the advice over the past couple of months -- it's been much appreciated.

Ian