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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7782487, member: 75143"]Everybody has their own reasons for not liking a certain part of a hobby. I'm not one to judge, but it's a little odd sometimes for someone to entirely discount an entire segment for some rather circumstantial reason. Blake once mentioned that he likes slabs because silver and gold coins are so small that they are hard to drop.</p><p>I know some guys with Bigfoot hands that have no problems with small objects.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of the day, collectors with the deepest pockets can really make their own rules. As a bottom feeder, I stick with raw, cheap, and common coins. I don't know of many collectors who would completely disregard a common high grade FTR for any arbitrary reason. They might not specialize in late empire, or not specialize in bronze, but I have yet to hear someone disregard a massive segment of a hobby because the coins are too small, or the bronze is too brown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 7782487, member: 75143"]Everybody has their own reasons for not liking a certain part of a hobby. I'm not one to judge, but it's a little odd sometimes for someone to entirely discount an entire segment for some rather circumstantial reason. Blake once mentioned that he likes slabs because silver and gold coins are so small that they are hard to drop. I know some guys with Bigfoot hands that have no problems with small objects. At the end of the day, collectors with the deepest pockets can really make their own rules. As a bottom feeder, I stick with raw, cheap, and common coins. I don't know of many collectors who would completely disregard a common high grade FTR for any arbitrary reason. They might not specialize in late empire, or not specialize in bronze, but I have yet to hear someone disregard a massive segment of a hobby because the coins are too small, or the bronze is too brown.[/QUOTE]
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