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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3420416, member: 74968&quot;]Thanks for the thoughtful reply. There are times when I am a numismatist. This might involve tracking down a reference and then spending the next several days or weeks examining or re-examining coins that are online or in my own collection. This might involve a numismatic mystery. This could be the ordering of the coins within a particular issue or trying to figure out the iconography behind a coin. This may involve reading of hundreds of pages of material and thinking about the possibilities that emerge. I guess that being a numismatist is a behavior for me-it is something I do. A collector is what I am. Sorry if that sounds obtuse but it is the most succinct explanation I can think of at the moment. I think we all find our joy in this hobby in our own ways. Who am I to say that your definition of being a collector is better or worse than my own?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the long winded answer. What I am trying to say is if calling yourself a collector instead of a numismatist makes you happy then why should you not do so? There are many paths to enjoyment in this hobby and we all find our own way. the mythologist Joseph once said &quot;follow your bliss&quot;. I really do not think we can do any better than that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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