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<p>[QUOTE="zenlib, post: 4647454, member: 108903"]I never thought I would say this, and I probably won't say it ever again but: all viewpoints that have been expressed here so far are equally valid (weeelll, except for some minor details). I remember when encapsulated grading came into existence and I was very pleased. It was nice to have a Grading God as an authority in arguments. However, I have never used that service myself because I didn't want to pay for it.</p><p>I consider myself a numismatist. I define a numismatist as somebody that has as many books about coins as he does coins. I love everything about this hobby of collecting: history, art, metallurgy, research, and wallowing in my coins piled high in the vaults. That last is an exaggeration; it harkens back to Donald Duck comic books and Scrooge McDuck's vaults of coins. So let us change that last item to thumbing through my collection.</p><p>I collect mainly English coins and Roman Ladies. Mostly my coins are raw but I have a few slabbed and some more that I took out of the slabs. Sometimes I am a collector, sometimes an investor, and sometimes just an accumulator. I have an Edward the Martyr penny that I knew I was overpaying for and really wanted a better specimen; but I know that I will never be able to afford what I want and I doubted that I would see it in affordable grade again.</p><p>My point here is to be aware of why you are doing what you are doing, enjoy it, and remember the words of the Ricky Nelson ballad (now I am truly dating myself): You can't please everyone, so you have to please yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zenlib, post: 4647454, member: 108903"]I never thought I would say this, and I probably won't say it ever again but: all viewpoints that have been expressed here so far are equally valid (weeelll, except for some minor details). I remember when encapsulated grading came into existence and I was very pleased. It was nice to have a Grading God as an authority in arguments. However, I have never used that service myself because I didn't want to pay for it. I consider myself a numismatist. I define a numismatist as somebody that has as many books about coins as he does coins. I love everything about this hobby of collecting: history, art, metallurgy, research, and wallowing in my coins piled high in the vaults. That last is an exaggeration; it harkens back to Donald Duck comic books and Scrooge McDuck's vaults of coins. So let us change that last item to thumbing through my collection. I collect mainly English coins and Roman Ladies. Mostly my coins are raw but I have a few slabbed and some more that I took out of the slabs. Sometimes I am a collector, sometimes an investor, and sometimes just an accumulator. I have an Edward the Martyr penny that I knew I was overpaying for and really wanted a better specimen; but I know that I will never be able to afford what I want and I doubted that I would see it in affordable grade again. My point here is to be aware of why you are doing what you are doing, enjoy it, and remember the words of the Ricky Nelson ballad (now I am truly dating myself): You can't please everyone, so you have to please yourself.[/QUOTE]
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