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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4602000, member: 51347"]Yup, [USER=112852]@Nathan B.[/USER] , I said that! However, NOT with any of the bold emphases that you added.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started collecting when I was 8 or 9. Started with Moderns. Believe it or not, I found a US Civil War Token in my Grandparent's change jar. I asked my Grandmother if I could have it, and gave her a dollar bill so I felt that It was mine. We went to a local coin shop, and he explained the coin and all the history behind it. I WAS HOOKED! In fact, I would spend my summer's savings from working (yeah, farm work, cutting grass, cleaning out barns, etc. to make money), on other US Modern Coins. In fact, I gravitated to the Odd Denominations (2c, 3c, 20c), Trade Dollars chopped or not, Fraction Currency, Civil War Tokens, Hard Time Tokens, etc. as it was cool HISTORY. Yes, of course, I collected some of the other denoms, but that was boring. No real HISTORY, just date changes, mint changes, and boring MEGA minting numbers. We put coins in flips, envelopes, etc, careful to hold the edges. After 25 years or so of that, the Coin Hobby turned into a COMMODITY by slabbing, sheldon grading scales (I mean, c'mon, a 70pt scale?), etc. Ridiculous, and ruined my passion for collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>After 25 years, I dumped 90% of my Modern Coin collection, and really pursued my passion of Ancient History. Haven't looked back for the last 25 years. It is MUCH more fun, you can HOLD the coins (as they were meant to be! Isn't that what a COIN is? Something PHYSICALLY transacted between two humans?).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you view the Ancients Forum with the threads view, on the right side of the screen you will see a scrolling view of people and the threads they are commenting in. In the Ancients threads, we receive SEVERAL one-off comments from Moderns Collectors that ascribe their view on how to collect. Ancients are handled a LOT differently, and generally not by Modern Collectors rules. They will make a comment, probably NOT reading the Ancient Thread, and never return to further comment or fix their "oops".</p><p><br /></p><p>Ergo, my statement above. The statement was based on my personal experience in Moderns, my aversion to the virtually the exact same questions from Moderns Collectors: "How much is it?" and "Is it rare?" or "What is the grade?" That is not a Hobby to me, that is Commodity Investing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Drive-by-posting is my description of that. Yup, I stated the rest, it is based upon my opinion, based upon my experiences actually collecting Moderns.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stand by my statements, I have not "intentionally offended" anyone, and it is my Coin OPINION in which I have a RIGHT to make based upon my personal experience. I work to stay within the rules of the CT Forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my COIN #1 for my Coin Collecting Hobby:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4602000, member: 51347"]Yup, [USER=112852]@Nathan B.[/USER] , I said that! However, NOT with any of the bold emphases that you added. I started collecting when I was 8 or 9. Started with Moderns. Believe it or not, I found a US Civil War Token in my Grandparent's change jar. I asked my Grandmother if I could have it, and gave her a dollar bill so I felt that It was mine. We went to a local coin shop, and he explained the coin and all the history behind it. I WAS HOOKED! In fact, I would spend my summer's savings from working (yeah, farm work, cutting grass, cleaning out barns, etc. to make money), on other US Modern Coins. In fact, I gravitated to the Odd Denominations (2c, 3c, 20c), Trade Dollars chopped or not, Fraction Currency, Civil War Tokens, Hard Time Tokens, etc. as it was cool HISTORY. Yes, of course, I collected some of the other denoms, but that was boring. No real HISTORY, just date changes, mint changes, and boring MEGA minting numbers. We put coins in flips, envelopes, etc, careful to hold the edges. After 25 years or so of that, the Coin Hobby turned into a COMMODITY by slabbing, sheldon grading scales (I mean, c'mon, a 70pt scale?), etc. Ridiculous, and ruined my passion for collecting. After 25 years, I dumped 90% of my Modern Coin collection, and really pursued my passion of Ancient History. Haven't looked back for the last 25 years. It is MUCH more fun, you can HOLD the coins (as they were meant to be! Isn't that what a COIN is? Something PHYSICALLY transacted between two humans?). If you view the Ancients Forum with the threads view, on the right side of the screen you will see a scrolling view of people and the threads they are commenting in. In the Ancients threads, we receive SEVERAL one-off comments from Moderns Collectors that ascribe their view on how to collect. Ancients are handled a LOT differently, and generally not by Modern Collectors rules. They will make a comment, probably NOT reading the Ancient Thread, and never return to further comment or fix their "oops". Ergo, my statement above. The statement was based on my personal experience in Moderns, my aversion to the virtually the exact same questions from Moderns Collectors: "How much is it?" and "Is it rare?" or "What is the grade?" That is not a Hobby to me, that is Commodity Investing. Drive-by-posting is my description of that. Yup, I stated the rest, it is based upon my opinion, based upon my experiences actually collecting Moderns. I stand by my statements, I have not "intentionally offended" anyone, and it is my Coin OPINION in which I have a RIGHT to make based upon my personal experience. I work to stay within the rules of the CT Forum. This is my COIN #1 for my Coin Collecting Hobby: [ATTACH=full]1139869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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