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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2432098, member: 19463&quot;]The difference that counts IMHO is not World vs. US vs Ancient but the difference between those who love their coins for what they are and those who love them for what they are worth.&nbsp; I admit having trouble loving some coins posted here because they are so poor grade that they are not identifiable but mostly I can like any coin whose reason for being did not start with it being collected.&nbsp; I admit inconsistency in forgiving ancients that were made to be collected (think: the Trajan Restorations).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ancients separate from moderns in that the individually cut dies allow some matching coins to have different levels of artistic beauty/interest.&nbsp; That means I can get really worked up over mints separated by style and not care so much when the difference is whether there is an S under the date.&nbsp; My collecting &#039;style&#039; values coins more on what I could learn from them than how little they differ from someone&#039;s idea of perfection or the number of people who include that coin on their want list.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When we achieved the separation from World, the regulars here in Ancients were a more tight knit family.&nbsp; I may just be suffering from senior senility syndrome but I don&#039;t remember this being a question back then.&nbsp; The good old days?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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