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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2697901, member: 112"]On the contrary, you're conveying yourself just fine. It's not that I don't understand, I do and all too well. I can say that because at one point in my life I was right where you are now. Granted, it was a long time ago, but that doesn't mean that I didn't go through the same things, have the same thoughts, same dreams. And I can safely say that the same is true of just about everybody here. We've all been there. Regarding the terminology, for US coins, as a general rule moderns are coins produced after 1964. Classic coins are those produced prior to that. Now some people may change the dates around a bit because of their own personal preferences and definitions, but as a general rule that's it. And just so ya know, it's actually easier, even thought it's not easy by any sense of the word, it is far easier to find high grade examples of moderns "in the wild" than it is to find even nice examples of classic coins "in the wild". And when I say in the wild I mean in circulation or in roll searching. Wait until you've been here a bit and you will see how seldom that happens. And there are 40,000 people looking just on this forum alone. What you'll see the most of is when people get excited when they managed to find a nice coin already graded and slabbed - and that goes for any coin. Ya see, nice coins aren't easy to find raw or slabbed. So when somebody does find one, yeah they get excited. If you were to go back and read the old posts here you'd even see where I got excited about a coin - on a regular basis. And even though I quit collecting 10 years ago, when I see a nice one posted here - I still get excited ! So yeah, I get it.[/QUOTE]

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