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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 4601660, member: 112852"]I regret very much that this is how I see this thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>A: Modern collectors are so silly! They think that something that they describe as rare is rare! I'm laughing at them!</p><p><br /></p><p>B: The phrase "laughing at a group of people" is unhelpful, and discourages others from joining us.</p><p><br /></p><p>C: I will establish a somewhat arbitrary test that collectors of moderns probably can't pass, and collectors of ancients probably can. Now, those modern collectors care only about slabbing and and profit potential. I'm happy to scare them away because we have nothing in common.</p><p>--</p><p>On another note, I do want to say something. With the singular exception that I have discussed on this thread, this is a wonderful forum. There are many knowledgeable collectors here, and I as a very new ancient coin collector have so much to learn from each of them, including the founders and administrators of this forum. These people have built up a very honorable and extensive body of knowledge, and furthermore, their actions, in building and maintaining this forum, are praiseworthy, sustained, and significant. I am truly grateful for them, knowing that I will never be able to acquire more than a small fraction of the expertise they have. But threads like this make me want to just delete my account here and become a turtle. Perhaps an Aeginitan one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 4601660, member: 112852"]I regret very much that this is how I see this thread: A: Modern collectors are so silly! They think that something that they describe as rare is rare! I'm laughing at them! B: The phrase "laughing at a group of people" is unhelpful, and discourages others from joining us. C: I will establish a somewhat arbitrary test that collectors of moderns probably can't pass, and collectors of ancients probably can. Now, those modern collectors care only about slabbing and and profit potential. I'm happy to scare them away because we have nothing in common. -- On another note, I do want to say something. With the singular exception that I have discussed on this thread, this is a wonderful forum. There are many knowledgeable collectors here, and I as a very new ancient coin collector have so much to learn from each of them, including the founders and administrators of this forum. These people have built up a very honorable and extensive body of knowledge, and furthermore, their actions, in building and maintaining this forum, are praiseworthy, sustained, and significant. I am truly grateful for them, knowing that I will never be able to acquire more than a small fraction of the expertise they have. But threads like this make me want to just delete my account here and become a turtle. Perhaps an Aeginitan one.[/QUOTE]
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