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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 21006, member: 57463&quot;]That cuts both ways, of course.&nbsp; Dealers often complain that they are forced to be generalists, while collectors specialize.&nbsp; Of course, &quot;specializing&quot; in Morgan Dollars is a tough row to hoe for a new collector.&nbsp; Everyone is in that game.&nbsp; 3-cent nickels offer more opportunity. For that matter, hardly any area of US Numismatics is as over developed as &quot;coin&quot; collecting.&nbsp; Specialize in the wildcat banknotes of your hometown.&nbsp; You still won&#039;t be alone, but you won&#039;t have 50,000 people with the DLRC book of Hometown Notes looking for the same signature pairs you are.&nbsp; And no area of US Numismatics is as overdeveloped as US Numismatics itself.&nbsp; People in America collect American money. </p><p><br /></p><p>John J. Ford has taken a lot of criticism in his later years, but the sales of his holdings are at the multi-million dollar marks for the very same reason that the auction catalogs of John J. Pittman&#039;s estate sale became a must have for any serious researcher.&nbsp; Both men bought things that other people did not understand or want.&nbsp; In Ford&#039;s case, he was big fan of Indian Peace Medals (among other things).&nbsp; He had the field to himself, more or less.&nbsp; With time and patience, he bought what he wanted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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