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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mad Stax, post: 2856918, member: 79993&quot;]Oh my apologies Erol, I wasn&#039;t aware I was intruding. I thought this was an open forum. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not part of some imaginary team, I just feel it is ignorant to label someone you&#039;ve never even met as &#039;lazy&#039;, and hijack someones thread whilst belittling another person&#039;s good deed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly the OP posted this thread because he enjoys the hobby and wanted to show appreciation to the members who took the time out of their days (the exact opposite of laziness) to enhance OPs collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been on the receiving end of numismatic gifts from members of this forum, received anything from zinc cents to silver. Some coins I like more than others, but it&#039;s not so much the coin as it is the effort put in by the member who sent them that is most appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then once the giftee has built up a collection over the years he/she feels compelled to &quot;pay it forward&quot; to another young collector like they once were, in large part borne out of gratitude to collectors who did the same for them years before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess some see it that way and some don&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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