What Coins I Should Look For?

Coins that aren't in silver, average grade large cents from 1911-1920, average grade nickels from 1953-1964. Do you mean like up to $50?

You can buy wheat cents in bulk.

where at? everywhere I go its like 30 bucks and this is ebay mind you

those are a little expensive when I'm looking on ebay and stuff its like 30 40 bucks for 10 buffalo's.

thats a good deal now I need to get the funds really quick. thanks wheatback

i might just do that. Thanks

My suggestion is to just go to banks and purchase as much change as possible. I mean pennies, nickels, dimes, etc. Then sit down with a book, like the Red Book, and start looking for coins you want or need. Also, look into the possible error coins as a hobby. For now why waste time with ebay or any place where you have to pay for coins. There are lots of coins floating around in change and this will give you something to do and for hardly any expendature.

I recommend taking it slow, and buying quality, not quantity. Coin collectors generally develop a continuous improvement philosophy pretty quickly, always trying to add better quality coins to their collection, eventually selling the lower grade coins that their new acquisitions replace. If you continue to collect for a few years with your current goal, you will accumulate a lot of coins that weigh a lot and take up a lot of space. Then when you try to sell them, you will have to deal with the bulk (if you sell them through the mail), or the shock of having a coin dealer offer you pennies on the dollar relative to what you paid.

If you want to buy multiple copies of a certain coin cheaply, get to a coin show at opening time and pick through the trays that the dealers put out of Buffalo nickels, Indian cents, etc., and only buy the few best in the box each time. Stay away from so-called "unsearched" rolls and bags. There is no such thing.

I recommend asking yourself a question that I ask myself every time I'm considering a coin purchase: "Would I have trouble selling this later?" If the answer is yes (because of poor eye appeal, damage, cleaning, etc.), don't buy it.