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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Metalman, post: 26143, member: 1454&quot;]So based upon knowledge and studing one can be determined to be a serious collector ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Im afraid I will have a small disagreement with this senario,,, actually using the reference made to the humble beginnings that have been listed,,</p><p><br /></p><p>worn out coins collected at the beginning of the ride, </p><p><br /></p><p>If this in fact started the collector inside you then at what point did you become serious, was it with the purchase of the first book? was it when the first spark was ignited by the first coin ?</p><p><br /></p><p>or were you a serious collector when you learned your first historical fact ? or maybe it was when your library grew beyond your collection ?</p><p><br /></p><p>based upon the theory that only those who study the minute details of the history of any given coin or several coin designs,uses and inception can be serious then in fact no one with less than a life time can be considered serious.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type of judgement can only lead to the very new, almost new, moderately new,and in many cases the not new at all,collector seeing this hobby as a for the rich and well learned hobbist,after all you cant be serious unless you spend the money (which not all collectors have) on the many and varied books that are written, published and sold which seldom agree on anything but the most basic of facts, (mintage years,composition,designer,and such) </p><p><br /></p><p>I for one believe the seriousness of this hobby comes from the heart not the head,,I may be way off base here,but that is how I feel when I read posts such as these that put a hard line on what makes a person serious about any given hobby.or activity,,,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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