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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 635826, member: 4552&quot;]No apolagy necessary I think. It&#039;s a good point though and as with any hobby, there are numerous ideas of what is what. Car collectors collect old cars, new cars, big cars, racing cars, etc. There are collectors that still collect Beanie Babies too. </p><p>With coins the most common collectors that you hear on these forums are more or less a little on the fanatical side with originality. I sometimes fall into that catagory but try to be a little more versatile also. Just like the Antique Road Show on TV where they constantly stress not to clean old items so you don&#039;t distroy the originality. And there too you will see someone that took a excessively valuable table and sanded it down to get rid of all that dirty old finish.</p><p>I&#039;ve met many people at coin shows that actually look for only shinny, possibly cleaned coins since they want to display them and don&#039;t want to hear things like your coins are all dirty. I like collecting those 1943 Steel Cents and have several rolls of the refurbished ones. Why anyone would spend money to redo those and then sell them for $0.25 each or less is beyond me. </p><p>The thing about coins is if it&#039;s your hobby, do with them as you wish. Buy the ones you like. Collect what you would rather have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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