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<p>[QUOTE="lucyray, post: 1081005, member: 24565"]Personally, if I may? I have been reading this site for a number of months, for many reasons. The more threads I venture to read (not having a clue what many are about) the more I learn 'that I don't know'. Most make questions begin to form in my mind. When I finally get the 'guts' to ask, half the time I end up feeling like a do-do brain, simply because the questions are ignorant. If I KNEW the questions were stupid, I wouldn't bother to ask. If there was a book, or books for the beginner, like 'numismatics for dummies' or something, I would buy it and read it. Then I would have known right off the bat things like, "don't touch the coins with your bare hands". For instance, I have a boxed set of coins, only after reading the site for a while I know they are not coins, because they don't have a denomination on them. I know they are not common, cuz I've never seen anyone posting about them. I know they must be something, because my husband thought they were. Will I post them here to find out? No way. Have I touched them with my bare hands? Yes; had to. Had to see if there was anything on the 'side' of them. (Didn't know then not to handle them). Why can't I find them anywhere in my search? If I post them here, my questions will not be on par with a numismatist.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is, no one likes to feel foolish (well I don't) and a rough basics 'course' on coins would help a person like me. I don't want to waste someone's time asking dumb questions, yet how do I know what to ask? So if a 'newbie' group, or thread, or whatever could provide rudimentary information for me or someone like me, who knows but that there could come a day when I or someone like me might be able to answer a question someday!</p><p><br /></p><p>And then again, perhaps it could all just go in an introductory 'sticky' on the Home of this site...'ten commandments of coins'.. like gun safety rules..</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, and I will watch to see if the Newbie Institute develops or not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lucyray</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. Even Redbook hasn't said yet to wear gloves!!! (But I'm not finished reading it yet..)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lucyray, post: 1081005, member: 24565"]Personally, if I may? I have been reading this site for a number of months, for many reasons. The more threads I venture to read (not having a clue what many are about) the more I learn 'that I don't know'. Most make questions begin to form in my mind. When I finally get the 'guts' to ask, half the time I end up feeling like a do-do brain, simply because the questions are ignorant. If I KNEW the questions were stupid, I wouldn't bother to ask. If there was a book, or books for the beginner, like 'numismatics for dummies' or something, I would buy it and read it. Then I would have known right off the bat things like, "don't touch the coins with your bare hands". For instance, I have a boxed set of coins, only after reading the site for a while I know they are not coins, because they don't have a denomination on them. I know they are not common, cuz I've never seen anyone posting about them. I know they must be something, because my husband thought they were. Will I post them here to find out? No way. Have I touched them with my bare hands? Yes; had to. Had to see if there was anything on the 'side' of them. (Didn't know then not to handle them). Why can't I find them anywhere in my search? If I post them here, my questions will not be on par with a numismatist. My point is, no one likes to feel foolish (well I don't) and a rough basics 'course' on coins would help a person like me. I don't want to waste someone's time asking dumb questions, yet how do I know what to ask? So if a 'newbie' group, or thread, or whatever could provide rudimentary information for me or someone like me, who knows but that there could come a day when I or someone like me might be able to answer a question someday! And then again, perhaps it could all just go in an introductory 'sticky' on the Home of this site...'ten commandments of coins'.. like gun safety rules.. Thank you, and I will watch to see if the Newbie Institute develops or not. Lucyray p.s. Even Redbook hasn't said yet to wear gloves!!! (But I'm not finished reading it yet..)[/QUOTE]
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