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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 790514, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Well I don&#039;t want to win any coins, (would donate them to a YN)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well I don&#039;t want to win any coins, (would donate them to a YN if I did) but I do have thoughts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1.&nbsp; The forums are a very good way to find out &quot;&quot;HOT&quot;&quot; information.</p><p>By that I mean what everybody is talking about and what&#039;s come out at the mint, TPG coins, buillion, the shows upcomming and results of same.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2.&nbsp; There are many very smart numismatists on here.&nbsp; There is also many that are not very smart, (such is life).&nbsp; When the smart ones help the new folks and they get a fire built under them we have achieved perfection for an online site.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4.&nbsp; CoinTalk is very well run, I have been amazed at just how good it functions - credits to the folks that do it!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>5.&nbsp; It is a great place for new folks to ask questions - they often get an answer within minutes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>6.&nbsp; It is a great place to search for answers, more folks should learn to use the search function more often.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>7.&nbsp; It is not a good site for prolonged dialoge for most topics.&nbsp; The truth is most folks will not sustain a long well thought out talk about coins for very long.&nbsp; That is the nature of the beast - we want it now and we want to move on to something new.&nbsp; We all do it. I have started many threads that went over like a lead balloon to say the least.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>8.&nbsp; I&#039;m certain that online coin sites have many who do not want to learn as some of us have.&nbsp; They want fast food, eat and run even finding it easier to post, photo then ask than buy the books and learn for themselves.&nbsp; This to is the nature of the beast.&nbsp; (This has been a hard one for me to swallow)!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>9.&nbsp; We have many that just want &quot;the worth or value&quot; - that to is the nature of the beast.&nbsp; We all want to know what our coins are worth whether that really means anything or not.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>10.&nbsp; Grading, cleaning, gold and silver and what is or what is not a doubled die or mint mark variety are the least understood topics and also the most talked about topics - I suspect that will never change.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Have a gained anything from CoinTalk and other sites, yes.&nbsp; Is it a good time killer in the winter, yes.&nbsp; Could I have lived without it, of course.&nbsp; Have I given anything back, I hope so.&nbsp; Do I know what I an talking about, yes.&nbsp; Do I know everything, No not in this life time.&nbsp; Has CoinTalk and other sires help me, yes if nothing else my typing stays pretty sharp but my spelling will never be good.&nbsp; Will I come back, of course!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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