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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 8309807, member: 42773&quot;]U.S. coin collecting seems to be dominated by considerations of condition - minute differences in grade, color, luster, strike, etc., and how those facets affect market value. I may be wrong, but the impression I get is that most collectors of U.S. coins are speculators at heart. That&#039;s not a criticism on my part, just an observation. I don&#039;t understand the obsessive focus on condition, but I&#039;m cut from a different cloth, that&#039;s all. My wife collects little porcelain figurines and marbles, and takes as much delight in those as I take in my coins, and I don&#039;t understand that either. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the US Coin Forum on any day, it&#039;s saturated with discussions about minute differences in grade and toning. Occasionally someone will venture into a discussion of something other than condition: aesthetics, history, economics, technology, culture, etc., but those discussions get very little traction. I happen to appreciate the work of engraver Gilroy Roberts, and posted a thread about it <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/everything-gilroy-roberts-except-half-dollars.393539/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/everything-gilroy-roberts-except-half-dollars.393539/">here</a>, which received only a few likes and no responses. (Which is fine - I&#039;m not looking for attention, just enjoying my hobby.) But post a GTG (guess the grade) thread, and you&#039;ll get pages of responses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m honestly not belittling anyone&#039;s collecting preference, though, so please don&#039;t take it that way - just making an observation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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