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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2711279, member: 39084&quot;]For me, what distinguishes this site from any others is the level of support and (in most but not all cases) benefit-of-the-doubt that is given to novices and newbies whose questions aren&#039;t always well articulated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most newbie questions are of the &quot;Is this real and how much is it worth?&quot; type, which is completely natural for anyone who has just discovered a 2000-year-old coin.&nbsp; A lot of times, that&#039;s where the newbie&#039;s interest in ancient coins starts and ends, and that&#039;s OK, since that individual probably won&#039;t be coming back to this site.&nbsp; &nbsp; Sometimes it&#039;s simply a more blatant profit motive, and when that becomes apparent, the level of support received is inversely proportional to the greed involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>But occasionally, it&#039;s clear that the responses spark a continuing interest in ancient coins, and the newbie becomes an actual collector.&nbsp; The hobby becomes richer and better off with the addition of thoughtful collectors, due to the existence of this site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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