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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2917739, member: 71723"]The trick phrase is, "in one way or another". Yes, the State Quarter Series pretty much made that happen all by itself. What is ABSOLUTELY shrinking is the number of people who are numismatists seriously enough to go out and buy stuff. CRH-ing pennies doesn't get it done. Look [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER], I know Peter Davis, and by extension, you, have a vested interest in "rah rahing" Internet numismatics, and I think it colors YOUR perception. Peter is, of course, Internet first, NOT numismatics first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our advertiser, RIGHT HERE, Lost Dutchman Coins, on his podcast with Mike Noodle, admits he puts his "meh" junk online, and his best stuff goes to his old-fashioned wantlist customers, primarily Indy locals. And in his "coolest thing to walk in" segment, the OVERWHELMING majority are still raw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, the internet jockeys keeping selling the same material over and over and think they're growing. Why else would they say something as stupid as "all good stuff is already slabbed", a BLATANT untruth?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2917739, member: 71723"]The trick phrase is, "in one way or another". Yes, the State Quarter Series pretty much made that happen all by itself. What is ABSOLUTELY shrinking is the number of people who are numismatists seriously enough to go out and buy stuff. CRH-ing pennies doesn't get it done. Look [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER], I know Peter Davis, and by extension, you, have a vested interest in "rah rahing" Internet numismatics, and I think it colors YOUR perception. Peter is, of course, Internet first, NOT numismatics first. Our advertiser, RIGHT HERE, Lost Dutchman Coins, on his podcast with Mike Noodle, admits he puts his "meh" junk online, and his best stuff goes to his old-fashioned wantlist customers, primarily Indy locals. And in his "coolest thing to walk in" segment, the OVERWHELMING majority are still raw. Meanwhile, the internet jockeys keeping selling the same material over and over and think they're growing. Why else would they say something as stupid as "all good stuff is already slabbed", a BLATANT untruth?[/QUOTE]
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