State of the Hobby

The third "personality disorder" coin people have is perfectly rational. When we mix with the general population, due to the nature of a thorough knowledge of coins, we are nearly always "the smartest person in the room". Everybody here knows this as a self-evident truth. When we gather in herds, or whatever the proper collective term is for numismatists, we have a whole room, literal or virtual, of "smartest persons in the room". This leads to a need for, umm, measuring activities. If you don't know what this is, ask any feminist. Prepare to blush. Only QDB is traditionally universally exempt.

 

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Unfortunately, everybody here seems to know many different "truths". Exactly how true said "truths" are is open to debate.

No, thank you.... as they say, "don't feed the wildlife".

 

Awesome idea! That would absolutely get a new generation of collectors, probably bigger than ever before. I wonder how we could get the Mint to start this

 

Mennonites ... near Düsseldorf ... PA ... why am I thinking of Krefeld now?

As for preferring printed material, there is nothing wrong with saying (maybe with a sad undertone) that anybody can publish anything online. Does not mean that the "QC" always works better for paper material though, especially since correcting and updating is harder that way.

Christian (DUS, certainly non-Bavarian )

 

Don't ever change, Kurt.

 

When I get to Germany, not since 1980 but I want to catch the Berlin show some year, I try to sample the juice of the grape. It feels "right", somehow, and the selection in Pennsylvania of German wines is poor. I prefer a little residual sugar in my whites, not so "flinty", so Auslese is my usual choice, when available. If I'm in the mood for a fully dry wine, I'm usually looking at a red Bordeaux or Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Snooty? Expensive? Yes, but it's a rare treat, not a steady diet.

 

I don't know where people get these "stuffy old white guy" cliches.

 

... we'll meet and have a glass of wine together? It'll be on me ;-)