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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2615051, member: 19463&quot;]I have suggested this previously and management has not even had the decency to reply putting down the idea.&nbsp; It rather reminds me of the fight we had to get a separate section for Ancients so we would not be in there with modern foreign.&nbsp; Several of us came to Coin Talk looking for a home for people who collected ancients and would be more friendly that other sites which take the hobby too seriously and do not welcome beginners&#039; questions.&nbsp; In particular, we wanted to be able to help beginners avoid those crooks who make a living selling junk and fakes while calling and pricing them coins worthy of being in a museum.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that &#039;Recent Topics&#039; column at the right.&nbsp; I read it looking for posts in Coin Chat regarding photography but I try not to post to things of no appeal to collectors out of the area in which it was posted.&nbsp; Having all posts flagged by the system with the section from which it came would help.&nbsp; As it is, people who do not know what an ancient coin is feel the need to explain the rules for whatever it is they collect often not realizing where they are posting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect generally with two major exceptions.&nbsp; I do not collect coins that NEVER circulated at face value.&nbsp; If a half dollar never went to banks at 50 cents, I do not consider it&nbsp; coin but a medal.&nbsp; I have removed a few US commemoratives from circulation but I do not have a baseball glove.&nbsp; I collect all ancients.&nbsp; If it can be shown that Trajan&#039;s restoration coins were never circulated at a value of one denarius I am willing to forgive them and keep a coin if I get it.&nbsp; That is rather unlikely but it is the way it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>I once specialized in coins of Septimius Severus and about 1/5 of my current holdings are Severan.&nbsp; I later realized that I enjoyed more variations in my collection so now I collect &quot;Coins I like, at prices I can afford.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Forgive our snarkiness.&nbsp; I am sure she is tired of having to go through this again and again whenever another person wanders in without knowing or, worse, decides it is time to see if they can rile up the ancient crowd again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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