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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 693571, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;d like to agree with this but at least half of the experts in ancient coins that I know are dealers.&nbsp; They were (and usually are) also collectors of something at least to a degree but found that being a dealer allows them to handle many times more coins than being a collector.&nbsp; There are a few ancient coin dealers that are somewhat proficient in many different areas of ancient coinage but most have specialties and avoid coins that are way outside their area of comfort.&nbsp; I know more than one dealer who owns not one coin except for his sales stock and a couple who consider it inappropriate for them to compete with their customers for &#039;special&#039; coins.&nbsp; They gather knowledge while the coins are in their hands but try not to make that too long a time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest it is wise to be wary of anyone who considers themself &#039;expert&#039; in anything.&nbsp; After studying a subject for a period of time any student should reach a point where they form more new questions than they do answers.&nbsp; You may know more but you are more painfully aware of the things that you don&#039;t know and start to question old &#039;truths&#039; that need to be reworked to see if they are as true as previously believed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are two basic types of people who associate themselves with coins.&nbsp; There are those who are concerned with the price and resale value of their coins and those who are concerned with the coins themselves.&nbsp; Certainly many of us dip a bit in both pots but I consider the acid test to be whether we would buy more if prices fell to 1960 levels or whether we would swear off touching those worthless scraps of metal.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Intermediate and slipping toward novice in too many ways...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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