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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2328594, member: 51347"]I collect coinage from an historical perspective. I like them with some wear, but I am more fascinated with the time period, and why they were minted or used. Coins/Currency was created to convey representative wealth in trade. It was and is a Human experience. Sometimes for mundane events such as buying a snack, sometimes as massive transactions to outfit Hannibal's army to invade Roman Italy. I am not as concerned that they are perfect: because if there is relatively no wear, then it is possible they were not transacted. Ergo, no real human transactional history attached to them... However, I do like being able to see the various objects and messages struck on a coin so that it is undestood what message is being communicated with the minting of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] 's grading system. I would also add the undefined "gorgeous", "beautiful", "nice", "wow", "fantastic", or the unvoiced "nope", "not interested", "does not fit into my interest", "ugly (to me)", etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stopped collecting modern coins before the slabbing. I raised 6 daughters and did not have the time or money during that period in my life. When I got back into collecting, which is a HOBBY to me, not a business; I was completely turned off by the silly-as MS grading and slabbing...the coins lost their true history and purpose (being a conveyance of wealth). I also thoroughly understand coin collecting is a MARKET, with buyers, sellers, transactions, guarantees, assurances, trust, money, etc. to make it all happen. I just do not like how some parts of the market are becoming so sanitized using slabs and strict, albeit random grading systems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2328594, member: 51347"]I collect coinage from an historical perspective. I like them with some wear, but I am more fascinated with the time period, and why they were minted or used. Coins/Currency was created to convey representative wealth in trade. It was and is a Human experience. Sometimes for mundane events such as buying a snack, sometimes as massive transactions to outfit Hannibal's army to invade Roman Italy. I am not as concerned that they are perfect: because if there is relatively no wear, then it is possible they were not transacted. Ergo, no real human transactional history attached to them... However, I do like being able to see the various objects and messages struck on a coin so that it is undestood what message is being communicated with the minting of the coin. I like [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] 's grading system. I would also add the undefined "gorgeous", "beautiful", "nice", "wow", "fantastic", or the unvoiced "nope", "not interested", "does not fit into my interest", "ugly (to me)", etc. I stopped collecting modern coins before the slabbing. I raised 6 daughters and did not have the time or money during that period in my life. When I got back into collecting, which is a HOBBY to me, not a business; I was completely turned off by the silly-as MS grading and slabbing...the coins lost their true history and purpose (being a conveyance of wealth). I also thoroughly understand coin collecting is a MARKET, with buyers, sellers, transactions, guarantees, assurances, trust, money, etc. to make it all happen. I just do not like how some parts of the market are becoming so sanitized using slabs and strict, albeit random grading systems.[/QUOTE]
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