Log in or Sign up
Coin Talk
Home
Forums
>
Coin Forums
>
Ancient Coins
>
Are Ancient Coins Getting More Popular?
>
Reply to Thread
Message:
<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4307985, member: 19463"]When I joined CT in 2009 the World Coin forum was subtitled 'not limited to the new Euro coins'. Management did not know what to think when the mobsters from Coin Community moved in after a couple of our prime members were kicked out of that group. After a while we requested and were granted a separate group for ancients and stopped posting on World. That left that group to modern World collectors since many of the Medievalists came along I suspect because we had more posts about coins and fewer about investing in NCLT. When the new Ancient section was started the first post was #1 and all the earlier posts on Ancients were left on World. That means that some of the 17000 posts on World were about Ancients. I suspect the Euro collectors were happy to see us go. </p><p><br /></p><p>Toward the end, some of us started our thread titles with "Ancients" as fair warning that the post was about coins older than we were. I wonder now if we have any member left that has ever spent a gold coin for face value. Few kids had gold to spend and a 20 year old in 1935 would be 105 now.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This points to a problem when we got out new Ancients section. I have always collected ancients and, to a much lesser degree, medievals up to about the time they started using machines to press out the Talers. It was always hard to draw a line since some places held on to the old way longer than others. We generally welcomed people who loved the early moderns (like Talers) the way we loved our ancients. In all honesty, I get tired of seeing so many posts about modern coins here on Ancients but that is why the put buttons on the mouse. I do not see Coin Talk starting a separate section for non-investor oriented modern collectors so what we have will be what we have. We have nowhere else to go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4307985, member: 19463"]When I joined CT in 2009 the World Coin forum was subtitled 'not limited to the new Euro coins'. Management did not know what to think when the mobsters from Coin Community moved in after a couple of our prime members were kicked out of that group. After a while we requested and were granted a separate group for ancients and stopped posting on World. That left that group to modern World collectors since many of the Medievalists came along I suspect because we had more posts about coins and fewer about investing in NCLT. When the new Ancient section was started the first post was #1 and all the earlier posts on Ancients were left on World. That means that some of the 17000 posts on World were about Ancients. I suspect the Euro collectors were happy to see us go. Toward the end, some of us started our thread titles with "Ancients" as fair warning that the post was about coins older than we were. I wonder now if we have any member left that has ever spent a gold coin for face value. Few kids had gold to spend and a 20 year old in 1935 would be 105 now. This points to a problem when we got out new Ancients section. I have always collected ancients and, to a much lesser degree, medievals up to about the time they started using machines to press out the Talers. It was always hard to draw a line since some places held on to the old way longer than others. We generally welcomed people who loved the early moderns (like Talers) the way we loved our ancients. In all honesty, I get tired of seeing so many posts about modern coins here on Ancients but that is why the put buttons on the mouse. I do not see Coin Talk starting a separate section for non-investor oriented modern collectors so what we have will be what we have. We have nowhere else to go.[/QUOTE]
Your name or email address:
Do you already have an account?
No, create an account now.
Yes, my password is:
Forgot your password?
Stay logged in
Coin Talk
Home
Forums
>
Coin Forums
>
Ancient Coins
>
Are Ancient Coins Getting More Popular?
>
Home
Home
Quick Links
Search Forums
Recent Activity
Recent Posts
Forums
Forums
Quick Links
Search Forums
Recent Posts
Competitions
Competitions
Quick Links
Competition Index
Rules, Terms & Conditions
Gallery
Gallery
Quick Links
Search Media
New Media
Showcase
Showcase
Quick Links
Search Items
Most Active Members
New Items
Directory
Directory
Quick Links
Directory Home
New Listings
Members
Members
Quick Links
Notable Members
Current Visitors
Recent Activity
New Profile Posts
Sponsors
Menu
Search
Search titles only
Posted by Member:
Separate names with a comma.
Newer Than:
Search this thread only
Search this forum only
Display results as threads
Useful Searches
Recent Posts
More...