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It's official! I brought a new collector into the fold.
Prethen
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Yesterday, at the Aurora coin show, I met up with a coworker that had just the slightest interest in U.S. coinage and he followed up on my urging to go to the show. Beforehand, I had given him an older Red Book (1992, but it still has plenty of good information and just the prices are meaningless), a year set holder, a collector's guide from Heritage, the Numismatic News price guide, and an Odd Type Set Capital Plastics holder (with no coins, of course). I thought that Odd Type Set holder was a bit of a white elephant since that's not the simplest or cheapest thing to fill. Occasionally, I'll give him my Coin World paper, but he doesn't want to be inundated with them. I could bury him in periodicals!
Well, he intended to get at least one coin for that set at the show.
We looked at quite a few coins. I showed him what to look for in various types, especially for obvious problems and cleaning. I explained that in time, he'll understand what that "right look" is for a coin that hasn't been messed with. With my help, he picked up a couple of cheap Buffalo Nickels and an 1866 2¢ VF+.
Now he has a start on the holder! He was very happy. I just have to turn him on to forums like these and other books to really get his interest fired up.
Well, he intended to get at least one coin for that set at the show.
We looked at quite a few coins. I showed him what to look for in various types, especially for obvious problems and cleaning. I explained that in time, he'll understand what that "right look" is for a coin that hasn't been messed with. With my help, he picked up a couple of cheap Buffalo Nickels and an 1866 2¢ VF+.
Now he has a start on the holder! He was very happy. I just have to turn him on to forums like these and other books to really get his interest fired up.
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