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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 744248, member: 57463&quot;]<b>History you can hold in your hand</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it is generalization that collectors of ancients in particular and world in general know more and care more about history than US collectors of US materials.&nbsp; At a recent show, we had ANACS set up and the line was long and stretched in front of the book seller&#039;s table and he was miffed.&nbsp; The people for ANACS were blocking his table.&nbsp; I mean, wouldn&#039;t you think that he would see them as customers??&nbsp; No.&nbsp; He knows his business.&nbsp; People who want to slab coins don&#039;t read books because they don&#039;t care about the history or even the numismatics: they just want the upgrade.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an unfair generalization, of course.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many times I have discovered a coin or note unknown to me, often in a dealer&#039;s junk box, and then learned about its time and place and context.</p><p><br /></p><p>That applies as well to ancients.&nbsp; Buying the coin can be the motivation to buying the book.&nbsp; Being interested in a historical period is not a precondition of collecting.&nbsp; It can work the other way around.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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