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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3262230, member: 15309&quot;]My collection is a high grade collection of Jefferson Nickels of which maybe 1/3 could be considered rainbow toned.&nbsp; Furthermore, your view and knowledge of toning is that of a neophyte&#039;s.&nbsp; You spout off incessantly about numismatic education, yet act like and insolent child when discussing toning on coins.&nbsp; Believe me, you are the crackpot in this conversation.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that wasn&#039;t the important adjective that I used to describe you.&nbsp; I called you an elitist crackpot, with elitist being the relevant word.&nbsp; You have this incredibly arrogant position that your activity within the hobby is virtuous and altruistic, while characterizing people who engage in anything that you find offensive, which is most of the coin collecting hobby, as grifters or snake oil salesmen.&nbsp;&nbsp; Who died and anointed you the arbiter of numismatic world.</p><p><br /></p><p>You claim to be an numismatic expert and a photography expert who has a collection over 100,000 strong, yet we never see any photos of any of your coins.&nbsp; The rest of us consider the &quot;coins&quot; to be the focus of the hobby, your interests having nothing to do with coins, rather your only interests seem to revolve around anything that you can use to claim &quot;bigshot&quot; status.&nbsp; The coins are ancillary in your view and what you view as important are group affiliations (especially the ANA), coin exhibit judging credentials, numismatic resumes, and any meetings or conversations with people whom you believe are numismatic celebrities.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you need to ask yourself, how much of a bigshot can you really be in the numismatic world when you spend most of your spare time demeaning the collecting habits of others?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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