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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greekandromancoins, post: 2779628, member: 87990&quot;]If it makes you feel any better - if it takes you 200 years, I think it will take the rest of us 20,000 given you set the benchmark in ancient coin photography.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree wholeheartedly.&nbsp; I will add is that it is most helpful to never be too attached to being right. You learn far more where you can engage on a subject being prepared for the fact you could be wrong. The alternative is to get frustrated and stubbornly defend your position out of pride. I love being wrong - I know for certain I have learned something! I learned to stop feeling embarrassed and embrace it, even when making silly mistakes in public forums such as these.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also believe that better and more informative outcomes occur in environments when people are prepared to challenge a opinion, from an expert of otherwise, by asking quality questions. There is much more value in asking &quot;can you explain how this coin may still be a fake even though there is a die match to a known authentic coin&quot; and then learning about die-transfer fakes , than simply stating &quot;I disagree. It still looks fake to me&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a learning point of view, the latter type of response, even from an expert, is unhelpful. Even if the expert is most likely right, just deferring to their expertise is just as unhelpful in my opinion. (I am not referring to Barry&#039;s post above as he elaborated upon his reasons).&nbsp; I once dealt with one of the best solicitors in their field in Australia on a matter. Every time I asked him a question about his view he would say &quot;because I am the expert and have done hundreds of these&quot;. I told him &quot;We have already established that you are the expert in the hourly rate we have agreed to pay you. Now, can we move on to talking about points A, B, C etc.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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