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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 830559, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;ve known a lot of ancient collectors over the years.&nbsp; A few have been what I would term brilliant; a few have been borderline mentally ill.&nbsp; Most are pretty normal people.&nbsp; A small minority know everything there is to know about the coins they collect.&nbsp; Most learn what they consider to be worth learning and I firmly believe that you enjoy this hobby, any hobby, if you know more about it.&nbsp; That is my hobby.&nbsp; Collecting coins is an excuse to learn about coins, about people and about anything else that I find I want a reason to learn.&nbsp; Does that make me odd?&nbsp; Probably.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have read the opinion that a number of ancient coin collectors have backgrounds in Physics and Mathematics.&nbsp; I don&#039;t.&nbsp; There I go being odd again.&nbsp; Many collectors of coins measure the success of their collecting by how much they paid for the coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t.&nbsp; Many collectors stress over the right time to buy and the right time to sell.&nbsp; I tell you to have fun with your hobby and if your hobby is stressing out - go for it.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Opinion:&nbsp; I question if very many collectors of US coins ever think much about the history that accompanied their coin into the world.&nbsp; A few figure out that the Carson City mint was founded as a result of certain economic and political factors but another group don&#039;t know who was President that year and really don&#039;t care.&nbsp; I would be much more likely to collect US coins if the obverse bore a portrait of a living and current President or national hero and the reverse someting that pertained to the day.&nbsp; I&#039;m not suggesting a commemorative issue here but the real circulating coins.&nbsp; We would have had the G.W. Bush &#039;War on Terror&#039; quarters and Barack Obama &#039;Change&#039; change.&nbsp; We would still be spending worn examples of things reminding us that the Berlin Wall came down and that Relations with China were &#039;Normalized&#039;.&nbsp; With luck we might even see a slick coin reminding us that &#039;Happy Days are Here Again&#039;.&nbsp; Instead we have a portrait of a President who refused to be king 200 years ago so he had to wait 100+ years before he made the obverse and a national mindset that removing him from the coin would be treasonous.&nbsp;&nbsp; At least Liberty was allowed to sit, stand and walk before we gave her a break.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks to all who don&#039;t collect ancient coins.&nbsp; I could never afford them if you did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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