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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Thornton, post: 7502610, member: 105289&quot;]Eddie, good question.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me offer this opinion.&nbsp; First let me state, I&#039;m not an expert, nor a novice.&nbsp; I&#039;m interested in learning more about our hobby and my coins and honored to be a member of CT.&nbsp; I too find it frustrating when a new member posts and offers questionable photos of a coin that most here would quickly recognize as &quot;common&quot;, nothing special, or clearly &quot;a bad case of road rash&quot; and everything in between.&nbsp; I become further frustrated when the OP then goes on to argue with the opinions offered, when that&#039;s what they had asked for.&nbsp; I find it just takes a bit of patience.&nbsp; Sometimes a few bits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I would rather they ask the question here, where hundreds of years of experience can be found and is available for the low price of the time to post a question.&nbsp; Otherwise they will seek advice from folks who hide behind a &quot;tweet&quot; or other instant post resulting in poor info to outright intentionally false info.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the overwhelming majority of the collectors here would fall into two buckets, likely both.&nbsp; (1) Those who wish to own a piece or pieces of history to enjoy and, (2) those who desire to own a piece or pieces of history that will increase in value over time and plan to sell at some point to recoup the initial investment with a profit, or to pass on to family for the same reasons.&nbsp; In either case, it takes collectors to keep the wheels of the hobby turning.&nbsp; Both are an investment in time and money.&nbsp; I would venture that most here don&#039;t have cash, just laying around, to buy buy buy so I would guess they hope for appreciation in value.&nbsp; Without knowledge both, the hobby and value would come crashing down. </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>To keep our hobby strong, solid knowledge and experience is required and necessary.&nbsp; Honest collectors need to have a place to go for solid answers from experienced collectors, lest we become a hobby or worse yet a society filled with idiots leading idiots.&nbsp; I believe CT is one of the best places to go.&nbsp; MHO and thanks for letting me share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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