First time in a coin shop in 37 years..

DesertRat

I was lost!!! LOL, I found out that there is a small coin shop here in a neighboring town so I went by there today and browsed the wares...decent stuff...but I felt so intimidated and out of place. I looked at a nicely toned 1886 Morgan in an old ANACS MS64 holder..nice coin but the dealer wanted $110 for it so I passed. But I did feel odd looking at all his coins and thinking..."is that really a MS61 like the 2x2 says or is it less?, what about this one?" I was totally lost lol. Gonna take me awhile to learn this stuff before I feel comfortable buying again...I know for a fact I have paid too much for coins I have purchased online and don't want to make that mistake too many times if ever again. But now I have a reference board to bounce things off of before purchasing so hopefully I can gain knowledge and some nice coins at the same time.