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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2416125, member: 36230&quot;]Hear! Hear!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If it was only so simple.... unfortunately, the reality is far different. While you&#039;re certainly entitled to collect whatever floats your boat and call it whatever you choose, doing so publicly does a disservice to your fellow &quot;hobby&quot; collector as well as those you label as &quot;monetary&quot;. Like it or not, there is no defining line between the two, and the fact that you have no plans for this coin beyond personal enjoyment means nothing; the person reading this, now or a few years down the road, who doesn&#039;t know better and sees you insist this coin to be something it probably isn&#039;t can be mislead into believing it. No matter what type of &quot;collector&quot; one may be, or if they&#039;re a collector at all, it is very important that only correct information is posted to the board. Wording opinion as fact or posting questionable claims/information can be dangerous to others, and particularly to those who least deserve it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another issue you may want to consider is that misrepresenting coins, even if only those in one&#039;s own collection, can have unintended consequences, and I&#039;m telling you this from repeated personal experience. Coin collections are almost always viewed as being &quot;valuable&quot; by those not directly involved, and in particular, the collector&#039;s family members. Unfortunately, all too often upon a collector&#039;s demise, family is left to deal with and liquidate the collection and this is where the initially innocent mislabeling of coins can cause serious problems. When a coin is represented as being something of value by its past owner, it is the family, when seeking an appraisal or to sell, put on the spot and more often than not left holding the bag, especially in today&#039;s world where anyone can easily research &quot;values&quot;. Just to try to further the point: X collector, for whatever reason, labeled X coin as being something worth $1000 - let&#039;s say some sort of error -&nbsp; yet in reality it is just damaged/altered/whatever. Who do you think the family is likely to believe, their loved one or the (in their eyes) schmo telling them their $1000 coin is really worth a quarter? It&#039;s the same deal with counterfeits, problem coins, etc. You certainly don&#039;t have to believe me, but I promise you this type of thing happens and happens often, and in cases where there is an estate to be divided, can cause problems between the family members themselves. When little sister who, for no other reason than she wants to get paid, convinces herself daddy&#039;s collection &quot;must&quot; be worth tens of thousands learns that it was, even if fact, near worthless, what do you think often happens? Big brother is ripping her off, or the dealer/buyer, or maybe the lawyer... anyone and/or everyone and is completely unnecessary. I could go on and on.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point with this is not that it&#039;ll happen to you, but only that there can be unforseen consequences to innocent actions, and this is one of many reasons why posting only truth/facts can be so very important.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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