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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8180330, member: 19463"]We always say 'Welcome to Coin Talk' - well usually, anyway. We each are always seeking an outlet for our coin related efforts. For some, Coin Talk may be a good fit while for others it is less so or even offensive. The same goes for Facebook and its infinite number of groups each set up by someone who wants it 'their way'. You are a coin dealer. When you see a bag of 6000 Holyland coins, you see the opportunity to convert those coins into food for your family and plane tickets to take you to coin shows across the country (world?). I am not a dealer and find it painful to sell coins since that means I made a mistake buying the thing in the first place. Sometimes that means I bought a duplicate or decided that all coins in that category were 'duplicates' unless they also fit into some other category that does interest me. Too often it makes me face a 'What was I thinking?' moment. 6000 Holyland coins would not be a thrill to me. A few of my favorite people are very, very interested in Holyland coins. I'm not. If I saw a bag of 6000 Holyland coins at a show, I doubt it would be worth my time to go through it. I do have a few but most also partake of something I do find interesting like Septimius Severus or 'Technical' coins. This AJ fits as 'Technical'. I suppose I would like it better were the Hebrew letters more clear or the Greek letters on the flan but I bought the coin for the feature unrelated to grade and market value. [ATTACH=full]1430035[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>We are all different to some degree but we congregate because we share something despite the fact that we may not share everything. I do not collect W quarters. Many of my friends are dealers but I only appreciate dealers who see something in the coins other than immediate profit or investment potential. If the bottom falls out of the coin market, I will be happy to buy more for less but I realize that I will have trouble finding coins when all of the dealers have jumped off high buildings and stopped travelling to coin shows so I can pluck things from the 'buy, sell, repeat' cycle that is, by necessity, their reason for being. </p><p><br /></p><p>You said you were 'not thrilled with the direction Facebook has been taking.' You did not say what that direction was. I hope it was not related to the fact that I very recently started posting some on a couple FB groups. Some will see that as the neighborhood going downhill. I have already managed to offend one major player. It seems obvious that none of the groups will be perfect fits for what we want to gain from this hobby (or business, if that is your interest in the subject). I hope both of us can find some benefit here but that will require everyone to realize that we have very different expectations. Welcome to Coin Talk. I hope you will show highlights of what came out of that bag.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I did cover the 'obligatory coin content' with that mite, I can never tire of posting my favorite Covid era coin (there have been few - very few). It shows what I find interesting and what I do not.</p><p>Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus, AE25 Pautalia / Serpent, tree, altar, Varbanov 4866 (this coin), die duplicate Lanz 121,451 (2004) ex. Coin Talk's own Pete B. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430060[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8180330, member: 19463"]We always say 'Welcome to Coin Talk' - well usually, anyway. We each are always seeking an outlet for our coin related efforts. For some, Coin Talk may be a good fit while for others it is less so or even offensive. The same goes for Facebook and its infinite number of groups each set up by someone who wants it 'their way'. You are a coin dealer. When you see a bag of 6000 Holyland coins, you see the opportunity to convert those coins into food for your family and plane tickets to take you to coin shows across the country (world?). I am not a dealer and find it painful to sell coins since that means I made a mistake buying the thing in the first place. Sometimes that means I bought a duplicate or decided that all coins in that category were 'duplicates' unless they also fit into some other category that does interest me. Too often it makes me face a 'What was I thinking?' moment. 6000 Holyland coins would not be a thrill to me. A few of my favorite people are very, very interested in Holyland coins. I'm not. If I saw a bag of 6000 Holyland coins at a show, I doubt it would be worth my time to go through it. I do have a few but most also partake of something I do find interesting like Septimius Severus or 'Technical' coins. This AJ fits as 'Technical'. I suppose I would like it better were the Hebrew letters more clear or the Greek letters on the flan but I bought the coin for the feature unrelated to grade and market value. [ATTACH=full]1430035[/ATTACH] We are all different to some degree but we congregate because we share something despite the fact that we may not share everything. I do not collect W quarters. Many of my friends are dealers but I only appreciate dealers who see something in the coins other than immediate profit or investment potential. If the bottom falls out of the coin market, I will be happy to buy more for less but I realize that I will have trouble finding coins when all of the dealers have jumped off high buildings and stopped travelling to coin shows so I can pluck things from the 'buy, sell, repeat' cycle that is, by necessity, their reason for being. You said you were 'not thrilled with the direction Facebook has been taking.' You did not say what that direction was. I hope it was not related to the fact that I very recently started posting some on a couple FB groups. Some will see that as the neighborhood going downhill. I have already managed to offend one major player. It seems obvious that none of the groups will be perfect fits for what we want to gain from this hobby (or business, if that is your interest in the subject). I hope both of us can find some benefit here but that will require everyone to realize that we have very different expectations. Welcome to Coin Talk. I hope you will show highlights of what came out of that bag. While I did cover the 'obligatory coin content' with that mite, I can never tire of posting my favorite Covid era coin (there have been few - very few). It shows what I find interesting and what I do not. Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus, AE25 Pautalia / Serpent, tree, altar, Varbanov 4866 (this coin), die duplicate Lanz 121,451 (2004) ex. Coin Talk's own Pete B. [ATTACH=full]1430060[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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