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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3956502, member: 19463&quot;]I know I am part of the problem and not part of the solution.&nbsp; When I go to a coin show that has an exhibition section, I have to force myself to look over the displays.&nbsp; I am at the show for one reason - to buy coins.&nbsp; I enjoy seeing other people&#039;s coins but part of that enjoyment is seeing coin types I need to seek out for future purchase if the person who has the coin is not selling.&nbsp; I have always said that the #1 coin on my want list is a coin I did not know to exist and looking at other people&#039;s coins is one way to be exposed to coins new to me.&nbsp; You would think that after so many years in the hobby I would be running out of &#039;new to me coins&#039; but that is not the case.&nbsp; Running out of things I might want and can afford is more of a problem.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have enough coins that I bought for the wrong reasons.&nbsp; First on that list would be things I bought for the purpose of illustrating my web pages (no longer being updated) and things I thought I needed because I did not have one rather than I really wanted one.&nbsp; This works well on CT since I get to see other people&#039;s treasures and ask myself if I found them interesting or boring.&nbsp; I like to think I am a general collector but the fact remains that 90% of the coins I see at shows or in sale catalogs are not something I would buy for 10% of the going rate.&nbsp; Similarly, I do not expect the majority of Coin Talk member, serious collectors of ancient coins to have any sincere interest in my favorite coins.&nbsp; There are a million different ancient coins and at least half of those bore all collectors except for a few real oddballs like me who like coins out of the mainstream --- way out.&nbsp; It is nice to see coins I can check off the list of things I want to experience and the things I don&#039;t.&nbsp; Is this the Naughty and Nice list Coin Talk version? </p><p><br /></p><p>I was amazed that we had so many year end top lists this year.&nbsp; I saw a few coins I really would love to have and a few entire lists that suggested that I really would enjoy the opportunity of seeing those collections and meeting in person the collector.&nbsp; I will not name them all but one Z, one Q and one M live in places I might have trouble finding on a map let alone places I might ever visit.&nbsp; My ability to correspond with them certainly makes me glad that the sun never sets on a Coin Talk ancient collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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