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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 786253, member: 16510"]Memberships, Numismatic clubs, etc. do you or don't you belong and do you think it's worth it or important?</p><p> </p><p>I've thought about this a great deal since getting into coins and have some conflicting thoughts about it. I also sense some would like to talk about this and have not so'''</p><p> </p><p>When I first got into coins I thought that I had to belong to all these clubs so I joined. First one then two then a dozen or more and one day I was talking to the biggest dealer in this area (does not have a shop) and he said "no I'm not a ANA member or whatever type" - simple as that and thought at first, "well how could he not support this or that organization that is deticated to our hobby"? Later on though I added up my membership fees per year and began to question the same thing. Was I getting anything that I really enjoyed and benifited from for these memberships and the answer was "not really". The ANA magazine was so broad based it rairly had many things I wanted to keep or enjoy, well written and presented but to far reaching.</p><p>Now don't get me wrong they serve a purpose and have meaning as they give back so much to YN and others but you can do the same thing at your own local level also as well. Plus you can support your hobby in thousands of other ways.</p><p>That combined with the ever increasing web information as we are seeing the death of printed material as we speek I just don't think it's needed as much as in years past.</p><p>So I quit most memberships and clubs and have not really ever regretted it so I just thought I would post this and see what you all thought???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 786253, member: 16510"]Memberships, Numismatic clubs, etc. do you or don't you belong and do you think it's worth it or important? I've thought about this a great deal since getting into coins and have some conflicting thoughts about it. I also sense some would like to talk about this and have not so''' When I first got into coins I thought that I had to belong to all these clubs so I joined. First one then two then a dozen or more and one day I was talking to the biggest dealer in this area (does not have a shop) and he said "no I'm not a ANA member or whatever type" - simple as that and thought at first, "well how could he not support this or that organization that is deticated to our hobby"? Later on though I added up my membership fees per year and began to question the same thing. Was I getting anything that I really enjoyed and benifited from for these memberships and the answer was "not really". The ANA magazine was so broad based it rairly had many things I wanted to keep or enjoy, well written and presented but to far reaching. Now don't get me wrong they serve a purpose and have meaning as they give back so much to YN and others but you can do the same thing at your own local level also as well. Plus you can support your hobby in thousands of other ways. That combined with the ever increasing web information as we are seeing the death of printed material as we speek I just don't think it's needed as much as in years past. So I quit most memberships and clubs and have not really ever regretted it so I just thought I would post this and see what you all thought???[/QUOTE]
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