What type of Coin Collector are you?

Wait...... Cheech is a woman????? How did I never know????

 

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"Assume". Oh well, you know the rest of the bit.

 

Great thinking. A museum is what I like to display when anyone wants to see some coins. When I give them as gifts to kids and grandchildren I write a detailed summary so they know what the coin is besides a flat piece of metal.

 

Weird, it says right on her profile.... "Female, 61." I suppose you could be forgiven for making certain assumptions about that statement...

But it says right in your profile, "Male, 23."

 

To anyone who desires to learn the fine art of coin exhibits, I point you here:

https://www.money.org/numismatic-events/convention-exhibits

Of course, people like @Lehigh96 have all the skills they WANT, but NONE of them they NEED, so he's excused.

Bonus points if you know who the pictured individual is. He's a MAJOR name in numismatics.

He was an 1975 appointee to the United States Assay Commission, was the Museum Curator for the American Numismatic Association 1974-1978. Annnnnd his backpack is too small.

 

An honest mistake Jason, lol. I just assumed her profile was just to remain anonymous.

 

Please explain metaphorical. What are you really saying so i can understand

 

I can't be more explicit without getting banned.

 

Correction: DID not fit. It was tried last on October 12, 2017. IT DID NOT FIT. Two loads.

 

I do not demean your collection because of YOU, but because of what it IS, inherently. You're not the ONLY toner crackpot, just the one with the loudest mouth.

 

My collection is a high grade collection of Jefferson Nickels of which maybe 1/3 could be considered rainbow toned. Furthermore, your view and knowledge of toning is that of a neophyte's. You spout off incessantly about numismatic education, yet act like and insolent child when discussing toning on coins. Believe me, you are the crackpot in this conversation.

But that wasn't the important adjective that I used to describe you. I called you an elitist crackpot, with elitist being the relevant word. You have this incredibly arrogant position that your activity within the hobby is virtuous and altruistic, while characterizing people who engage in anything that you find offensive, which is most of the coin collecting hobby, as grifters or snake oil salesmen. Who died and anointed you the arbiter of numismatic world.

You claim to be an numismatic expert and a photography expert who has a collection over 100,000 strong, yet we never see any photos of any of your coins. The rest of us consider the "coins" to be the focus of the hobby, your interests having nothing to do with coins, rather your only interests seem to revolve around anything that you can use to claim "bigshot" status. The coins are ancillary in your view and what you view as important are group affiliations (especially the ANA), coin exhibit judging credentials, numismatic resumes, and any meetings or conversations with people whom you believe are numismatic celebrities.

But you need to ask yourself, how much of a bigshot can you really be in the numismatic world when you spend most of your spare time demeaning the collecting habits of others?

 

There's another type that was left out of the poll:



The Tireless Rebutter.

 

Really? Literally the entire rest of the world agrees with my position on toning. (They hate it and consider it damage, CORRECTLY so.) Furthermore, until it became "trendy" in the late 80's to early 90's, EVERYBODY avoided it (again, CORRECTLY), even here. Then some marketing guru decided to "create a demand for damaged coins" by promoting the bejabbers out of them. Then clueless rubes like you and your ilk bought into "the big lie", and amplified it. It's an old story, but a frequent one in marketing-susceptible USA. Tell people,"No, it's not REALLY damage, it's evidence of 'original surfaces', yeah, 'original', that's the ticket, original." Whatever. I refuse to be sucked in by the big lie.

But here's the proof positive that the crackpot here is likely you. You probably have a Facebook account, don't you? Done. QED. You'd have to be literally clinically insane to allow Zuck's company anywhere NEAR your digital devices.

 

Virtually nobody holds your insane position on toning. The only guy who comes close, is Ricko, and people think he is a joke, just like they view you. Toning is an inevitable course of nature, a fact that is accepted by everyone not in the lunatic fringe, of which you are the leader. Since when do trends last from the late 80's until present? Last time I checked, that isn't a trend, 30 years is a stable market. And if it were true that people hated toning, why do rainbow toned coins command such a premium? Oh wait, I forgot, cue the evil marketers, but again, anyone who disagrees with you is relegated to a grifter or snake oil salesman. Yawn-yawn!

Furthermore, you are on record on this very forum saying that you make exceptions for early 60's proof Jefferson Nickels. Why is that I wonder? Oh, because you own some 60's proof sets, and you didn't artificially tone them, yet they still have amazing toning. So in that narrow field, you make an exception to your "toning is damage, and toning is fake" narrative. You can't condemn the toning as fake and you secretly think the toning looks great. Face it, you are simply a bloviating fraud seeking the attention of the members of this forum, in your perpetual quest to be a numismatic bigshot.

And why would a guy with a Twitter account be so anti Facebook?

 

in to short to have a per say "serious attitude" you gents know much more then I. I would like to take this time to tell each and show this mano to mano. This would be a perfect world. I have to admit. Your a group of truely gentelman. Thanks. @Cheech9712 (QUOTE]
Why this how some of were taught to handle it hand to hand
(mano get it it...lol) Remember lady CT's. Just as in your gender makeup we gentlemen now are an elite, eclectic and passionate group of teens through every generation represented of hugely different upbringings.The art of "handling it" has passed down for
as long as wheat pennies (both genders). So ifin you ladies want to get testy or riled up every so often...well bring it on! That will give us gents a cicar break with some REAL coin talk

 

would that be "jack of all Trade dollars and master of Some"

 

Very nice reeding for such old gals

 

Here's my DirtCam say do those letters IN G look like multi struck or do I need to adjust the dirt off the lens of my cam @lordmarcovan