Informational series?

I would like some thoughts on creating an informational thread. Some other members have suggested this thought also, so lets decide. Would you like such a topic to be created, and would you participate? The series could be specific to a certain series or coin.
We would need volunteers to give information on a specific area, so if you have an expertise in an area of numismatics, be sure to let everyone know.
If you are just interested in learning about a specific area, let us know that also.

Please be specific.

 

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i like the idea nd. but isnt that what the forum is about? how about maybe having a topic that changes every so often about all the different coins. each member could put their input in about a series or individual coin in a series?

 

Well this would be more geared towards an educational series.
Kind of like a coins in the classroom.

We could pick a specific area, and provide all the facts. Maybe even get into minting proceedures, and the different mints.

 

awesome. maybe even have tasks to perform. say the moderators ask a certain queastion and we (beginners) try to search for the answer.

obviously this would not apply to some of the more seasoned collectors. or i guess it could. we can never stop learning.

 

I'm game. I would love to learn and provide research results to the site.

Count me in....

 

Tough question.

One of the things I like about this forum is that fact that it is not subdivided into a thousand esoteric mini-forums with a minimal number of posts per forum, and a small number of readers.

I enjoy the fact that the forum is a likely discussion between what always seems to be a good number of members and an untold number of "viewers." From a "new to the hobby" collector perspective, I would think this is also appealing.

If I had a number of coins that I wanted to learn about, it might seem daunting to me to have to search through a number of topic areas or mini-forums to find the information I needed, and to figure out where to post.

My vote, if you move forward with the idea, would be to limit the forums in a simple and broad fashion - Modern (21st and 20th Century), 19th Century, Colonial, European, Eastern, etc.

If you do move forward, I would be glad to volunteer.

 

I wasn't thinking a whole new section. More of an question and answer segment that gets into a lot more specific detail.

I was thinking maybe a few of the newer people to the hobby may find it difficult to ask for such things. That is why I posed the question.

GDJMSP, if you ever get shy in your opinions, I am going to assume that someone has stolen your identity.