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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1209218, member: 19463&quot;]Coin collectors can be divided into two groups:</p><p>Ancient - Modern&nbsp; &nbsp; no</p><p>World - US&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; no</p><p>Rich - Poor&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; no</p><p><br /></p><p>The difference that I consider most significant is whether you love your coins for what they are worth or for what they ARE.&nbsp; There is one step beyond being a collector of coins who studies them.&nbsp; That is to be a student whose hobby is studying coins without owning them.&nbsp; There are several dealers in this category.&nbsp; It is almost necessary to be a dealer for it to work simply because of the vastly larger number of coins you can handle that way.&nbsp; I can not be a serious student of Greek tetradrachms simply because I can not afford to buy them.&nbsp; Were I a dealer who bought and sold thousands of coins a year, I might get the exposure needed to know a lot about coins but, as it is now, that simply won&#039;t happen.&nbsp; These dealers may make a living from coins but they do things I am unwilling to do in turn.&nbsp; They travel to places I don&#039;t want to go all the time living out of a suitcase in overpriced hotels with nasty, overpriced food.&nbsp; They must deal with people whom I don&#039;t like (crooks, customers, other dealers, guys like me???).&nbsp; Lastly, they have to sell coins that they want to keep or they get a reputation of being in competition with their own customers.&nbsp; I love my coins but not enough to do what is necessary to be a real professional.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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