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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1324752, member: 26302&quot;]I like the article, thank you. I think it highlights well the extremes. To me, Doug Smith is a collector. He studies every coin he acquires, he acquires it for a reason, is very knowledgable about his fields he collects. On the other end of the spectrum would be someone buying bulk silver or bulk wheat cents, or even just bags of random world coins, and just leaves them in bags sitting around, and probably has never picked up a Red Book. I think we all agree to this distinction. </p><p><br /></p><p>I may be a poster child for the middle. I study coins, I think that to at least some here have demonstrated some knowledge in US, world, and ancient coins, have a large library I read constantly, and am even attempting to write a short book on a rare series of coins. OTOH, I have a habit of buying group lots, will buy 3 copies of a coin if available, (or more, my record in 42), and I think are a good deal, and have many past purchases, (ok maybe most), still sitting in their vendor packaging in shelves in my home. Half of me is collector, half is hoarder. If someone never met me, and just saw my piles of coins, I think they would classify me as a hoarder. However, I am aware of each coins importance, where minted, relative scarcity, and other issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just think its another case, (like toning or coin cleaning/conservation), that the two extremes are knowable and classifiable, but its the cases in the middle that everyone will have differences of opinion on. I would like to think I am a knowledgable collector, but others knowing my haphazard storage would classify me as a hoarder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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