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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 605631, member: 6370&quot;] </p><p>One guy who inspired me would be Dave Surber (who passed away recently) who created and maintained wildwinds. This is a website that is a great resource (probably one of the best on the web for ancients) and it is used by many many collectors...in fact many rely on the website to help attribute coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He has a few ads on the website but it is highly doubtful he made any real money off that website...the time alone to compile it was probably worth far more than any revenue he received...if it even paid for the site itself. This guy worked a job in another field but compiled wildwinds in his spare time. This is a guy who was obviously passionate about coins...he is now quite well known in ancients as the founder of wildwinds which is still up and, with hope, will remain so for good.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I couldn&#039;t think of a better legacy than to be a person who offered a useful resource to collectors for free. So they do not have to go out and spend the large amounts of money it takes to buy catalogs with all the information he offers for free to all.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would say wildwinds is Daves legacy to collectors...and its the best kind of legacy because he did it without trying to line his pockets. So if there is any coin related legacy I would like to be remembered for, I would hope it would be along the same vein.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>nuff said from me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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