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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zohar444, post: 2018420, member: 13450&quot;]I appreciate your open remarks and helping me understand the ongoing resentment I sense here with respect to 1) Slabbing 2) Quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started collecting ancients as an extension of my world coins. The SOLE reason I got into this (which was fully disclosed) has been my attraction to design and eye appeal. I do not purchase many coins, or a specific theme. I purchase any ancient that appeals to me in terms of design and aesthetics. I know less about the history or any given series and learn as I go, yet for me this is not the core motivation.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not classism or elitism, but rather a different approach to collecting when compared to yours and others, in purchasing far fewer coins, yet being strict on quality/eye appeal. The majority here seems to be into the history/numismatics and broader collecting which I would translate into many coins at lower prices. This also explains the negativity I sensed by most towards slabbing and pursuit of higher quality coins as a threshold. I read every post regardless of coin quality and have not placed a qualitative threshold for responding to posts. I guess the forum comraderie is shared only between the majority who subscribe to the same collecting approach you logically described. As I approach it differently, the forum may not be an optimal fit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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