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FHDave New Member United States 48 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 12:19 pm You certainly can check the coin dealer you just purchased the Red Book from. A lot of dealers will have boxes of low grade coins, usually separated by types (e.g. Indian Heads, Lincoln wheats, Buffalo nickels, etc), that you can sort through. ebay is a place you should probably stay away from until you have a better idea of what you are doing with coins. Too many shady sellers there for a newbie. If you have any coin shows that come to your area, you can usually find tables there with "off price" boxes as well. Good luck, collect what makes you happy. Welcome to the home of the (slightly) obsessive compulsive world of coin collecting. Oh yeah, let me be the first. DON'T CLEAN YOUR COINS! Edited by FHDave 03/25/2008 12:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
eaglefoot Pillar of the Community United States 6326 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 12:29 pm Where to buy ?........well......that'll be different for different people. There are coin dealer shops in most larger cities. There are coin auctions (you can find out about these from the internet) Coin shows as well.... There are estate auctions (very often will have "batches" of coins and you can get lucky at snagging stuff for very little....works the other way too if you're not careful though!) Of course, a HUGE draw is ebay (which I don't participate in personally) but you can bid on millions of selections of different kinds of coins there !) Even the Classified ads in your local Newspaper can produce some opportunities if you keep looking. Even if you live in a rural area.....if you'll get online and search for "coin auctions" ..."coin shows"...."estate auctions" (that list coins)....you'll find opportunities for you in your general area (within a couple hour drive anyway I'm sure) ebay, I suppose, is by far and wide the most popular though.... Report this Post to the Staff
eaglefoot Pillar of the Community United States 6326 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 12:37 pm Like many starting out, you'll likely buy many affordable coins that might translate into being "low grade" to say the least....be careful not to buy TOO much of that though. It's understandable to want to "grow your collection", but early/rarely taken advice is to....."buy wisely" & "smartly" and educate yourself the best you can "before" making any purchases. Try to find the best examples of coins you can and don't make bad decisions !... Pride would keep many of us from "admitting" the bad decisions we've all made(or at least the "entire list" of em')...and still continue to do so sometimes!.. I'm gonna go off to do a little gambling this weekend on a certain coin myself......ahhhh ! The 1793 Cent.....gotta have it ! (just might be a very expensive counterfeit coin added to my collection....we'll see....maybe Divine Intervention will stop me!)......... Edited by eaglefoot 03/25/2008 12:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
sgtbob Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 04/04/2008 4:15 pm Collect what you enjoy until you identify a perticular series you like. Then start w/ an album or folder and collect by years first then fill in as you go. Report this Post to the Staff
gbchaosmaster Valued Member United States 328 Posts	Posted 04/04/2008 7:29 pm quote: What one person calls junk may be what someone else collects. Ummm, I think it's "One man's trash is another man's treasure.". Report this Post to the Staff
300 coin guy Valued Member United States 176 Posts	Posted 04/06/2008 3:43 pm Hello all, I started collecting pennies and strickly pennies for errors, varities, and so on. In 3 months time I have a value of over $13,000.00 and it is AWESOME! and very CHEAP to go get boxes and go thru them to see what you find. Ifound great pennies so far doing this and I cannot belive that there are so many people that do not know what they have in there pennies. One of my prized finds is the 1999 Wide AM, that was great to find that one, and I found several key double dies also, and the 1988P Transitional Reverse die 006. I also found 13, 1998 Wide AM's and 11, 2000 Wide AM's, and I get 2 boxes every 2 weeks from the bank, and I keep on getting more cool pennies. So it go's to show you that there are great coins out there just have to have patience to find them, because they will eventually land up in your fingers. 300 coin guy Report this Post to the Staff
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