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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 181210, member: 669&quot;]I dabbled in collecting US coins for many years, starting about 50 years ago, in varying degrees of seriousness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago I began collecting world coins, concentrating on modern Japanese coinage, including early to mid-20th Century coins of Korea and portions of China under Japanese control.&nbsp; I&#039;ve built up a library containing most of the English language material about my specialty area, along with some Japanese language material, and other more general literature on world coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only active US collection is a Walking Liberty set in circulated condition, and my US coin library consists solely of a few Red Books, ranging from the 1960&#039;s through 2003).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m semi-retired, so I have a fair amount of free time.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always been interested in education and spent a number of years teaching at a night law school.&nbsp; When sharing knowledge I feel that I&#039;m just participating in the forum as a member.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve learned a great deal from other members of this and other forums, and found CoinTalk to be an exceptionally friendly place with a lot of mutual assistance, so when I was asked to participate in it&#039;s moderation I gladly accepted as one way of &quot;giving back&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As a Moderator I believe my functions are <ul> <li>To assist in keeping the forum civil and cooperative</li> <li>To help limit spam to an absolute minimum</li> </ul><p>I&#039;ve seen other forums destroyed by flame wars, and by becoming excessively commercial, so I do tend to be pretty strict in those areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll let the Administrator and the other Moderators speak for themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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