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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3135631, member: 44316&quot;]True. If you could like &quot;EF&quot; or &quot;VF&quot; US coins, you could find lots of nice coins in shops that dealers are wondering if they will ever sell. If you could enjoy them, you could build a collection for (much) less than it would have cost years ago. The problem is, the forums and magazines and any collecting friends you have (if you have any) will subtlely and not so subtlely tell you your collection is inferior and hardly worth having; you really should be collecting MS-65. It takes a strong person to go against the tide.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, that is about US coins. The attitude may be bleeding over into ancients (Collectors who used to collect US coins can&#039;t help but think condition is key), but we long-time ancient collectors know a coin can be interesting without being in top grade. Personally, before the internet I was isolated from other collectors and no one saw my coins. I collected for over 20 years by myself with no one else (except my wife) looking over my shoulder and judging quality. The internet then made it easier to contact others, and CT makes it possible for many people to see your coins. But, at least by specializing in ancients we don&#039;t need to subscribe to <i>Coin World</i> which would tell us almost every issue about some MS 67 type setting a record price. That is a type of pressure to conform. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ancients are different. On CT I will press &quot;Like&quot; if a coin is written up well, regardless of condition. (And I won&#039;t press &quot;Like&quot; for a great coin if it is not written up at all. I regard &quot;Like&quot; as referring to the written post, not to the coin alone.) I hope ancients remain different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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