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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2289538, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m sorry it seems that way.&nbsp; We have so many new people - new to the hobby not just new to the list - that showing coins can be educational.&nbsp; One of the first things I like to see cleared up is the business of all ancient coins being rare museum specimens.&nbsp; Some of our recent arrivals have shown coins that most of us will never see unless we visit a museum.&nbsp; When a newby posts a question about a common ruler, you can count on a run of his coins and, for reasons I&#039;m less clear on, several posts stating that we don&#039;t all have one but we do have something else.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My observation at coin shows is that relatively few people look at the educational exhibits because they are so busy shopping for coins.&nbsp; Here we have the free time and opportunity of showing what exists on various levels (one of our members has a half decent EID MAR while another has the world&#039;s worst specimen of several coins much more rare than the EID).&nbsp; I enjoy looking at our variety of collection foci and our huge range of price brackets.&nbsp; I admit that I prefer posts that show coins I have not seen for a week or two but when a new member makes it clear that they don&#039;t know the meaning of a term like clashed die or how to tell one Constantinian kid from another you can bet that the usual suspects will be trotted out for their benefit to the dismay of those who find both of those subjects crashing bores. </p><p><br /></p><p>After a while, some of us become a bit like family; you can&#039;t pick&#039;em but you gotta luv&#039;em.&nbsp; (Now, who is the black sheep?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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