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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3444222, member: 59737&quot;]I appreciate your intent, but it seems rather unrealistic to demand people attain so much knowledge before joining. I will say, however, that when we were kids, there was ONE encyclopedia. You flipped to the letter and there was a finite amount of information. You go to the library, and there’s a Dewey decimal system that directs you right to a bunch of books on a specific system. What happens when you go to the Internet? Literally ANYONE can post anything on the Internet. Now you have to not only know precise lingo of numismatics, but sift through pages of junk. Research was much easier when we were younger. </p><p><br /></p><p>People don’t have to answer the question, they can simply provide the reading material to help the person learn about it. The&nbsp; problem is that there’s no single definitive listing of numismatic references, and not all of them are available. </p><p><br /></p><p>In summation, this is exactly the place to ask questions about stuff we know nothing about. I see it as our responsibility as gatekeepers of knowledge to collect and pass it on. If people don’t want to take the time to learn the information after it’s been presented, they get ignored. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just my two cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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