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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1922778, member: 112"]Depends on what information you are talking about. Yeah, prices/values may, stress may, be outdated. But that is about it. As a general rule information regarding mintage numbers, varieties, types, errors, scarcity, history, etc etc etc - all of that remains the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>And how do you define the "older days" ? Was it a year ago, 2 years ago, 4, 8, 10 ? Where do you draw the line ? The forum itself is only 12 years old. And that compared to coins that are 50, 100, 500, 2000 years old - is nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is this, it's going to be a pretty unusual question that has not already been asked and answered a dozen, maybe even a hundred times. So when people take the time to search things out, they usually find the answers they are looking for. But when they don't, when they have a variation of the original question, an entirely new question on the same subject, or even a comment that adds to the discussion, there is certainly nothing wrong with them adding it to an old thread. Sometimes history needs to be revived in order to further education and information. It also helps to organize information in a single location - 1 thread - instead of having it scattered about in a dozen threads.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said above - "the answers lie waiting in the echoes of time". So that is where you search for the answers <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1922778, member: 112"]Depends on what information you are talking about. Yeah, prices/values may, stress may, be outdated. But that is about it. As a general rule information regarding mintage numbers, varieties, types, errors, scarcity, history, etc etc etc - all of that remains the same. And how do you define the "older days" ? Was it a year ago, 2 years ago, 4, 8, 10 ? Where do you draw the line ? The forum itself is only 12 years old. And that compared to coins that are 50, 100, 500, 2000 years old - is nothing. The point is this, it's going to be a pretty unusual question that has not already been asked and answered a dozen, maybe even a hundred times. So when people take the time to search things out, they usually find the answers they are looking for. But when they don't, when they have a variation of the original question, an entirely new question on the same subject, or even a comment that adds to the discussion, there is certainly nothing wrong with them adding it to an old thread. Sometimes history needs to be revived in order to further education and information. It also helps to organize information in a single location - 1 thread - instead of having it scattered about in a dozen threads. As I said above - "the answers lie waiting in the echoes of time". So that is where you search for the answers ;)[/QUOTE]
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