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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 71729, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;m gonna have to disagree with a few comments made in this thread. Yeah I know - what&#039;s new&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>First of all how you store your coins or what you do with them doesn&#039;t define whether you are a coin collector or not - the fact that you collect them defines that. You can take them out and run over &#039;em with a train and still be a collector. Ever hear of elongated coins ?? There&#039;s lots of folks who collect those.</p><p><br /></p><p>But anchor is correct in some respects - coin collecting today is vastly different than it was in the &#039;50s &amp; &#039;60s. I started collecting in 1960 - I remember what it was like. And I remember there were quite a few who would get their coins out and toss them around like it was nothing. I still know people who do it today - some coin dealers even.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then I also remember the very first thing my grandfather ever told me about collecting - don&#039;t ever clean them. The second thing was to take care of them and protect them. </p><p><br /></p><p>So what does all that tell us ? Well it tells me that people haven&#039;t changed much in the past 45 years. There are still different types of people today just like there was then. Perhaps today more collectors try to care for their coins than in years past - but there are still those who don&#039;t. And there are still those who don&#039;t like the grading companies and those who do. I suppose there always will be for people are individuals. They&#039;re not supposed to be all the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>And that&#039;s why they still make chocolate and vanilla&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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