I mentioined Coin Talk :loud: several times over the past five years, as an outstanding opportunity for collectors. When I scan the messages here, I pay attention to other links. I like to write about collector websites. Dealer sites and commercial sites are fine, but I like to see that they have information for collectors, reliable articles, good writing, a bit of research, not just lists of stuff for sale. My "Internet Connections" column is presented by Topic. I pick the Topic. It might be Large Cents or it might be Seaside at Pismo Beach, but the sites have to fit in to the topic, somehow. (At least, that's what the editor tells me...:secret You can contact me through CoinTalk, of course. Thanks!
Yeah Mike, jump in and get more active. My site is just a click and buy, so it won;t work, but I can say that the www.indiancent.com and the www.coppercoins.com are both tailored to your need for an article. I checked out your membership form today, can't wait to be a member of MSNS
People Make the Hobby Thanks! I should have known about those a long time ago. One of hte problems is that my personal interests are outside the mainstream, so I miss a lot that other people know about. I like writing about independent collectors whenever I can. Next are museums, banks, and other institutions. For me, the real prize is a dealer website with good information. Bob Reis' "Anything Anywhere" is one; Joel Anderson. of course is another and Rich Hartzog's Exonumia is the third easy one. It is not so much the articles -- not many of those -- but the product descriptions. They do more than list a catalog number and a price. They tell the story. That's a cliche, right... Dealers sell stories. If you "buy" the story, they "give" you the coin.
