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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 912331, member: 307&quot;]Carl,</p><p><br /></p><p>If I may say, the original idea was to reward the people that make CT great. To show some small form of cyber-appreciation and recognition to people who have provided information, insight, help and tutelage. Many of these attempts have failed for one reason or another, but that was the basic idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I think that it&#039;s a good one because there are some people here like Clinker, Lehigh, Doug, Frank, Mark Feld and many many others who are here day after day answering questions of beginners and long-time collectors alike. They have offered information, opinions, reference and guidance to more than a few people over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>In effect, they have been CT. They have made CT the place where people come to discuss coins in an advertising-free relatively (language) censored forum where people are treated with respect. They have given CT the reputation that brings so many new people here every day with confidence. Some stay, so move on, but everyone is somewhat enriched for the time that they have spent here on the whole.</p><p><br /></p><p>A forum is no better than its members. This forum has some members that not only share a wealth of expertise, but do so very unpretentiously and without any real motivation beyond helping their fellow collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is nice to shine a spotlight on those people from time to time. It makes the place even better because you then have people competing to be one of the noted which creates more quality of posts and information, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is all just my opinion. Take it for what it&#039;s worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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