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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 3030914, member: 19250&quot;]Somewhat guilty as charged.....but not totally...but I agree as there was a time&nbsp; never buy a slabed coin....now&nbsp; I won&#039;t buy a sticker...one!</p><p>Funny that the wife pointed out to me just last night how things change...</p><p>She reminded me that when self check out&#039;s&nbsp; in food stores first came into play.</p><p>I refused to use them...as doing so took a job away from a real person. </p><p>And that&#039;s true!&nbsp; It does....</p><p>I also wouldn&#039;t use a bonus card or club card....big brother tracking your every move.</p><p>But it is true about this hobby....few and fewer want to learn how to buy a raw coin with the same confidence as one entombed in plastic.</p><p>We are very plastic ourselves....only wanting the very best ,and pass on a lesson to young and new members that really isn&#039;t what the hobby is about.....</p><p>It is about coins all coins from AG3&nbsp; to MS -70 .</p><p>Those of us who show their age....will tell you of a different time.....and in defense of current trends....we lived in a golden age...not only TV but a time when collecting coins was a true hobby....not one baised on TGP&#039;s not one baised on stickers , not one baised on granny bait of late night tv.</p><p>It was baised on pocket change, mail order catalogs, coin club meetings where &quot;You and Another Human Being &quot; sat eye to eye ,spoke to each other and tal,ed about coins....and if you were going to sell or trade a specimen you talked it out in a civil manner. </p><p>&nbsp;No slabs, no stickers....just 2x2 &#039;s and envelopes full of treasures be they pocket change finds,or coin shop buys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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