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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 26743300, member: 36248&quot;]Let me tell you a few things I am not, might help me figure out what I am (numismatically speaking).&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am not an expert in any area of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t specialize in any one coin series.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never written a coin article, published or otherwise.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t pretend to be able to grade coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t feel confident in buying raw coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly cannot authenticate coins / discern good fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any interest in Die Pairings or niche varieties.&nbsp; (or anything needing a microscope)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really have much interest in &quot;error&quot; coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly don&#039;t know much about specific coin history, except at surface level.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know much about the history or methods of coin minting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know literally zero about Ancients and World Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know zero about paper money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never tried to &quot;upgrade&quot; a coin at a TPG / make money on a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So, having established that, do I know <i>anything</i> about Coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I am strictly a US Coin Type Set collector of non-proof coins that are TPG graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only real goal is to have single representative coin from each US coin series that has even a single date at <i>any</i> straight grade that I can afford and that I personally find visually appealing and problem-free, and whenever possible with a CAC sticker.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also add that I enjoy the cataloging, organizing, coin photography, and displaying/sharing part of the hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also like that stats / data aspect, which sometimes can provide fun content for a coin forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I take decent coin images, and have a love/hate for the coin photography part of the hobby.&nbsp; But right here on CoinTalk, there are at least 4 people I can think of that take superior coin photos, they would be experts, not me.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the one area of collecting that I would likely be better than most at (that no one else has mentioned yet):&nbsp;&nbsp; the efficient searching, cataloging, naming, storing, and retrieving of coin images, coin information in databases, coin values, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, I would make a really great digital coin Librarian!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But there is also only so much cataloging you can do with a 130 coin collection.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the end,</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I like coins, always have. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I wish it was more than that sometimes, but really, it&#039;s that simple and my coin knowledge does not go much deeper than that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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