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Read a lot. View tons and tons and tons of coins, MANY more than you ever buy. Try to set some collecting goals, and a timeframe, and a budget. Figure out what being picky and choosey is going to mea… (View Post)

I'd say VF at least. That's a better coin than any straight-graded VG or Fine I've ever looked at. Since I got back into collecting in 2004 I have NEVER seen a Classic Head cent as nice as that avail… (View Post)

Kraft envelopes, Wayte Raymond boards, a few real highlights in Capitol Plastics 2x2's -- none of this marks it as OLD old, but that's what the better 50's & 60's collections I've seen had. Doesn… (View Post)

On that note -- you don't necessarily have to approach classic commemoratives in a way that requires all of them, or the most expensive ones. Are there eight or ten of them that strongly appeal to yo… (View Post)

That IHC shows another tell, where metal is raised up in kind of a wire lip at the edge of devices, letters, etc -- built up, in other words, at the spots it got pushed to. That cent is a really good… (View Post)