Our article on gold and silver investing appears at the link below. The main message is to keep coin collecting and gold investment completely separate from each other. If you want to be a coin collector, that's great. If you want to be a gold investor, that's great too. But pursue them separately, not together. You should have at least 3 years detailed experience buying and selling collectible coins before you start investing in them. But you do not need any experience to invest in gold and silver. Here is the article:
http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?m ... -free-gold
Paul Richards