Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7878496, member: 19463&quot;]I kept mine loose in my pocket.&nbsp; I had a Mantle but I don&#039;t know if it was a rookie.&nbsp; We played a game with the cards where we hit a ball with the card held in out cupped hand and measured the success by how far it landed from a fielder card laid out in the grass.&nbsp; If a kid had his cards in a sleeve, the other kids would have called him names.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There will be no tears shed here when everyone who is only into ancient coins as a &#039;side gig&#039; moves on to beer cans or whatever.&nbsp; If all ancients dropped in price 90%, I could buy 10x as many.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I always disagreed with Curtis on that one but he probably might be right about most collectors.&nbsp; However I know collectors that have more than I do and who do not tell people they collect.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my cards would all be worthless.&nbsp; Most of those guys have been dead for years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of people who read Coin Talk, what percentage could name more Roman Emperors than they could professional athletes who appear on sports cards?&nbsp; There are only a couple hundred Romans.&nbsp; My Grandson can name that many Pokemon. He does not follow sports.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in