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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 557684, member: 8033&quot;]I have been a lifelong collector of U.S. coins and U.S. paper money. Why? - because I&#039;m an American and that&#039;s what I really started with as have so many others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never referred to World coin collectors as the &quot;darkside&quot; nor do I refer to these coins as &quot;foreign&quot;. After all if you live outside the U.S. a U.S. coin is a &quot;world&quot; or &quot;foreign&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just take it as a gentle joke and see no reason why it should be taken any other way. Bottom line is we are all collectors and have different tastes. I buy the occasional World coin or note because I like it. No other reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see more now than I used to and if a coin &quot;strikes&quot; me and the price is right I buy it. Very simple.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen the same term used by stamp collectors and by us paper money collectors on occasion. Ooooh you&#039;re a coin collector and bought some paper. Welcome to the darkside! LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone finds that offensive they need to chill. Stepping out of your normal boundries seems to be darkside. I do it more frequently as time goes on.</p><p>Take it as it is. A bit of good humored chiding and a welcome at the same time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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