Hi! Newbie here.
spanky0071
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Hi people, I'm a newbie and wanted to say hi to you all. I have been lurking for about a couple of months now and find all your posts informative and intresting. I have been collecting for the last few months, so my collection is not huge, but I like what I have bought. Mostly on advice from you guys posting here. I have'nt really decided what coin I like best, but am leaning towards the cents(wheat and earlier). So far I have bought a variety of coins, and the cents are really intresting coins. I'm probaly a fool...but I think it's cool if you think about 150 years ago there was alot of different things you can buy with it. Well, I think I rambled on long enough....so I hope you guys (and gals) don't mind putting up with me. Thanks!
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Tom
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"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
I started coin collecting about a year ago; and at first I collected a little of everything. It took me a good 6 months to decide what I really wanted to concentrate on - half dollars. My best advice is collect what is fun and exciting for YOU, and not what others say you should collect. This is a hobby you should enjoy. So collect what you enjoy!
Joe
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
Want a cool sidebar? This coming January 1st, go purchase a Whitman folder for Lincoln Memorial cents. (1959 on) Then try to fill the folder from pocket change over the upcoming year. I now have nine of these (1992-2000), none of which I was able to finish in a year. The stoppers are usually cents from the late sixties and early seventies, particularly some of the S-mint. None of my folders contains the 1970-S small date, but I hardly expect to find one in circulation.
<< <i>I'm probaly a fool...but I think it's cool if you think about 150 years ago there was alot of different things you can buy with it. >>
Nobody is a fool collecting cents. They are rather inexpensive and very fun to collect. Remember, this hobby isn't all about greed, pieces of plastic, and a "market". For those of us who know how to enjoy it, there is still a lot of fun in it.
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