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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 753147, member: 6370&quot;] </p><p>In the end it doesn&#039;t matter what others think about you, the way you collect, etc...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>they simply do NOT matter.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Certainly, in everything, you will have people who act like they know it all and act like they are the end all, they will be cynical, they will be critical, they will tell you what you do is not how its supposed to be done. Who cares? why should you care. Not long ago at all I used to bicker with people like this. People who rank themselves and are ranked by others who see it the same as a guru and everything the person says is law.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We are all humans and as such, we are all flawed and in collecting, there is no one set way of doing things. Some my WANT there to be, some might TRY to make it this way but its just not that way. Most of what you hear people say will be opinion...you can either agree or disagree.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the end, unless you are trying to make a buck and that&#039;s all you care about, there is no collecting game you have to play, there are no set rules...as much as someone will try to tell you there are, there just isn&#039;t.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Collecting, if indeed you are a collector and not a person trying to make a buck...collecting is subjective and it all depends on personal tastes...if it makes you happy....it doesn&#039;t matter what mr. self proclaimed guru says and it doesn&#039;t matter what some dude on the internet or at a show thinks, because they don&#039;t have any say in how YOU collect...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When you start truly thinking in this way, you wont even need to read half the god awful bickering messes we call threads here. I learned that I simply don&#039;t care what others say is the right way to approach cleaning coins, I learned I don&#039;t care if collector want to lock every coin away in a slab and play (pay) the grading game. There is nothing new here, no real new ideas being expressed and everyday there is a new thread where people are bickering and rehashing everything they said in 5 other threads with the same title...I don&#039;t care...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>what I care about is seeing people cool coins, the history, the artwork, and my collection is built only on these criteria...cleaned? I don&#039;t care as long as the coin is still attractive...Slabbing? I have better things to do with my money...I collect coins not slabs...When you stop caring what people (who don&#039;t matter in the end concerning your collecting) think, the happier you will be. I love my collection and I have put it together with some advice from people who had good advice to offer...I have formed my opinions on how I will collect and what I will collect and I simply don&#039;t need anyone telling me I am wrong...how can I be? Its MY collection, not theirs...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck man...if you love coins, don&#039;t worry, just collect them, enjoy them the way you want to...easy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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