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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3958016, member: 95174&quot;]I have not met any other collectors I know in person, I have met dealers at the coin shows and that is always interesting but other collectors, no.</p><p><br /></p><p>My family members do not have an interest in my collecting, my wife asks about my newest coins durring pillow talk when she wants to fall asleep. My friends don’t collect coins, I have one who collects icons so I apreciate her hobby and I can show her my latest aquisistion and she apreciaces the imagery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have given coins to friends, I use to get large sestertius that had one side in poor condition and get them framed. People always apreciated them but no one directly got involved with the hobby, they became showpieces for their desks or their homes walls, I am always curious if one young person saw one and perhaps the passion to find out more had been ignited. I will never know that.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was once a very solitaty hobby.For myself, before the internet my knowledge was limited to what I found in book stores, normally used book stores. I still have my first book a 1964 edition of Roman Coin and their Values by David R Sear. I paid $7.50 per the scribbled price on the opening page. It had the legend and a description, perhaps a line drawing or two. Your imagination had to fill in the blanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The internet greatly expanded my knowledge and passion for the hobby. I have learned so much from collectors on various forums throughout the years. Yahoo lists , Forum Ancient coins and now Coin talk. I sincerely apreciate the postings of other members , I remember when dealers used the expression Good for Type, what they really ment is they had not seen better. Now with sites that allow us to post coins sometimes search entire collections that expression is used a lot less.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are seeing more and if we choose to, we are learning more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep posting your treasures, it might not be the majoritys nitch but you will never know who you enlighten.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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