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Message:: [QUOTE="lawdogct, post: 45459, member: 1476"]Warned ya <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  Error naming can be a Can O'Worms here, with a thread count to prove it.  Personally, I tend to side with Mike, I like to know something by what it is, not just what it is referred to as.  Also, as a fledgling numismatisistsisitssssss (still working on that alone <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )  I want to know the "details" if for no other reason than to learn more about the hobby. Descriptive common names are human nature, and will always show up. That's why we have a web addresses like <a href="http://www.cointalk.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org" rel="nofollow">www.cointalk.org</a> instead of having to remember 207.58.162.63.  Or refer to a type of a tree as an "Oak" instead of calling it by its Kingdom, division, class, order, family, genus, species.  The average person is going to remember "Speared Bison" not 2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series™ - American Bison Design, reverse North/South die gouge,etc. Names are easier to remember, and far more marketable.  Which brings us full circle to Mike's underlying point (IMHO), buy the coin, not the name.[/QUOTE]