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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 634963, member: 6370&quot;]you are correct sir!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>krispy, I see it like this, people are entitled to their own opinion and I have found often people ascribe their own personal definitions as to what is right and what is wrong to this hobby. It happens ALL the time on a wide variety of issues concerning this hobby. More often than not it entails a litany of limitations on what people feel is acceptable. This is fine as this is their hobby and collecting is a personal passion and there are about as many viewpoints as there are collectors. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My only problem it when someone speaks for the whole hobby, especially when it is expressed as empirical truth and not just that persons opinion....like declaring something as numismaticly worthless on extremely narrow, self imposed criteria or even judging numismatic worth by whether a TPG would slab something. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The former declaration of &#039;worthless&#039; is, IMO, simply not true and at best a personal opinion from someone who has decided on their own to limit what should and should not be counted within the realm of numismatics. The other is, IMO, a highly flawed standard to judge if something has numismatic worth. Neither of these views, IMO, correctly depict the reality when considering the numismatic worth of counter stamped or altered coins. Its just a very narrow view to take to call a counter stamped coin simply damaged thus worthless.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One good example is someone declaring that the coins I posted are not Hobo Nickels. This man calls his work hobo nickels, his work is posted on sites that showcase hobo nickels, he was inspired by hobo nickels, he basicly carves a new image onto an existing coin just like the originals did, he has simply taken it to a higher level, its more refined, and he isnt a hobo but all the same...IMO, these are hobo nickels which have simply taken over where the originals left off....Just like any art form, it evolves and changes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>to each his own, but certainly the reality as I see it is that there is no reason not to include counter stamped and altered coins in the realm of numismatics, and they certainly are not worthless as counter stamped coin often sell for more than one without the stamp or alteration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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