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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1971967, member: 42773&quot;]I can&#039;t say that I dislike the coinage of any particular country. In order to collect a coin, that coin has to spark my interest for one reason or another, and I can never predict what that reason will be.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, in the last month I&#039;ve collected some important coins that pertain to my set of <i>Arabia Bostra</i> Roman provincials. I&#039;m sure some collectors would see that as &quot;serious&quot; numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;ve also collected a few handfuls of cheap Communist aluminum &quot;junk&quot; from various Asian countries. Why? Because that coinage also has something interesting to say about its makers. I&#039;m an avid amateur historian, and acquiring any sort of coin spurs my reading and research into that coin&#039;s provenance. That still sounds pretty legit, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>So why did I also buy a handful of American Colonial replicas, made in China of course, at the Colonial Williamsburg gift shop? I&#039;ll tell you why: because they were there. I found it highly ironic that MOST of the crap in the gift shop was, according to the stickers, &quot;Made in China for Colonial Williamsburg.&quot; And since I have no interest in pewter spoons and snow globes, I got coins. Well, they&#039;re not coins of course - they&#039;re no better than the colorized guitars.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point: don&#039;t ask me what I like or dislike in general. I don&#039;t even know myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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