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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2999798, member: 56859&quot;]Well said <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well... I guess it&#039;s relative but it seemed a worrisome trend to me.&nbsp; How many new members have we seen come here, mistakenly thinking that this board is filled with experts (very few members are experts) at their beck and call, ready to tell them what they bought and what it is worth so they can try to get more for it on eBay?</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s different when the person posting the coin truly has an interest in ancient numismatics, and thankfully [USER=93355]@Gentlemaninpa[/USER]&nbsp; seems to be one of those.&nbsp; He was seeking information on policies and courtesies, so I weighed in on this subtle point.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is generally felt to be the best way to present unidentified or suspect coins, taking care not to dominate the board with such requests.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There have been periodic discussions about having subforums or &quot;sticky&quot; threads which stay at the top, and if I recall, there hasn&#039;t been much enthusiasm for the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t mean for this little molehill of a point to become a mountain.&nbsp; I was just letting you know that if you flood the &quot;front page&quot; with a bunch of &quot;what is this&quot; posts, especially without any other information (interesting anecdote about the coin&#039;s acquisition, thoughts you&#039;ve had about what it might be, where you&#039;ve looked for similar coins, etc), you probably won&#039;t attract many helpers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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