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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hoot, post: 11024, member: 1001&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Why, YES! he is!&nbsp; My brother represents the &quot;sane&quot; part of my family when it comes to this hobby! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you ALL!&nbsp; (And thank you GDJMSP for that sidelong compliment, something about &quot;nice!&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )&nbsp; I appreciate anyone who takes the time to look at those articles.&nbsp; They are great fun to write (well, usually!) and I hope that the articles will attract some new folks to our hobby, as well as open up some new possibilities for the &quot;seasoned but stale.&quot; LOL!</p><p><br /></p><p>I must say, I was asked to write one recently on proof coinage that will appear in the September issue of Coin Values).&nbsp; It required quite a bit of research for me and I had to take a fair bit of rather disjunct and technical information, then boil it down into something interesting and appealing to a wide audience.&nbsp; This was quite tough!&nbsp; In the end, it turned out to be a stylistic nightmare!&nbsp; Bill Gibbs of Coin World staff edited the article to apply the UPI style and the nuances of the CW style.&nbsp; Gads, I ended up with a CW style manual and an invitation to read it!&nbsp; HA!&nbsp; Alas, it will prove handy, I&#039;m sure, but about as fun to learn as 6th grade english. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for the kudos!&nbsp; And I need to check in here more often! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Hoot[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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