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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 832969, member: 6370&quot;]This is always what I have believed. I just finished expressing this in another thread and I have always taken this attitude which has caused some to object. I hear a lot of people talking about &#039;the future of the hobby&#039; or attracting &#039;young numismatist&#039; and I have always taken the view that the less people you attract to the hobby in general, let alone in my specific collecting areas, the better. I do not sell coins so why would I see it as a goal to bring in more competition for those coins I want...I am already a low end collector and even then I often lose those coins I want to others. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the last maybe 5 years I have begun to focus on notgeld and medals as I have found that these areas have far fewer people out there collecting and often times those who do, are doing it out of passion and do not just see it as a commodity. I can often get a BEAUTIFUL medal for far less than a less impressive (artistically OR historically) coin. With notgeld we are talking about relatively common (but extremely interesting IMO) coins minted in common metal. Few buy an iron or zinc coin because they are looking to cash in but I love them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Because of money concerns I collect less ancients but the ones I DO buy I try to make them the best examples I can afford...it takes a lot to get me to buy and if I lose a great deal because I hesitated at the price, so be it. Even so, the coins I buy are seldom the best examples but there is usually something about the specimen that struck me as special...probably 80% of my coins have what I feel to be better than average portraits but were cheap because the reverses are weak. Even though it is the artistry that attracted me to coins, I have even developed an appreciation for all types from the most outstanding works to the roughest coins of the ancient and middle ages. I do not collect american or russian coins on average bacause I do not like those markets and how they work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I love all kinds of coins from all time periods (mostly the cut off is early 20th) so there are always coins to collect and I am not in any way constrained. Today I might buy a coin from British East Borneo, tomorrow a George III penny and the next day a coin of Julian...Its honestly what catches my fancy and I always learn something new.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So yeah, dont collect ancients, they are all fake <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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