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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bqcoins, post: 390332, member: 5036&quot;]Granted the ANA is a fine organization.&nbsp; I enjoyed getting the numismatist.&nbsp; But as Ben said I am a small time collector.&nbsp; I additionally am always on the move, being military.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the time or money to get to all the ANA shows and participate in the ANA type things like say the displays at shows, or the lectures or any of the other things that you have to be present in order to participate in, even though I would like to be more involved with the hobby.&nbsp; As for discounted prices on merchandise and and access to the library, thats all fine and dandy, but I buy coins and I buy coin books for research.&nbsp; When I start research I buy the books, I don&#039;t borrow them.&nbsp; It just seems to me that until the ANA expands itself to make it more accessible to the small time collector than they will be a small membership club with their primary membership consisting of dealers, researchers, and professional numismatists, and the like, with a scattering of hobbyists.&nbsp; Think about it the ANA, around for practically forever membership 32,000.&nbsp; Coin talk, around for what 10 years maybe, I&#039;m not too sure here, membership 15,000.&nbsp; Which do you think reaches more people?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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