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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3960105, member: 96898&quot;]I&#039;m fortunate enough to have a fair number of friends, colleagues, and family with pronounced interests in ancient and medieval history, art, and culture. It&#039;s a blessing to be able to discuss about such topics with other enthusiasts on a regular basis. Yet, although some appreciate, none of them specifically does numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>In order to still exchange thoughts about ancient coins, I&#039;d naturally look for local numismatic clubs or coin shows. This has worked well for me in the past, but since I have moved multiple times in the last couple of years, including internationally, the people I met this way reside in geographically distant places, making it very difficult to casually meet and talk coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where I currently live (SF Bay Area), pretty much everything seems to revolve around the latest trends in digital technology. The hegemonic Silicon Valley tech culture is characterized by an aggressive lack of appreciation for all things old, aesthetically challenging, or intellectually complex beyond the realms of app development and grievance politics. This unfortunately also seems to transpire into hobbies like ours. The few more or less local coin clubs seem to mostly revolve around prestigious US coins, bullion hoarding, or cryptocurrency trading – to each their own, but those aren&#039;t things I&#039;m interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hence, the CT ancients forum is a great way for me to discuss my nerdy coin hobby with a friendly bunch of like-minded aficionados while having preciously few chances to do so face-to-face.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly, CT has substantially shaped my collecting over the last two years. First of all, I&#039;ve been exposed to coin types and collecting fields I had never heard of before. Secondly, I feel my numismatic horizon has been broadened greatly by reading the many quality write-ups and discussions on this board. Sometimes, they made me branch out in my own collecting. Finally, since I can&#039;t show you my coins in person, I took up coin photography. There still is an awful lot to learn, but taking pictures of my collection has been surprisingly intriguing and rewarding so far.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know whether anyone here really wants to see my coins, but I can say that I definitely want to see yours! It&#039;s simply nice to get an impression of what other collectors focus on and why. Getting exposed to a great variety of coins and collecting styles is a reason why I like this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I generally prefer threads and posts that include some numismatic background information or research over mere pile-on threads. The latter are a fun pastime and often visually appealing, but what really sparks my fascination is the forum content I can directly learn from. Many CT members are true experts in some numismatic field and incredibly generous in sharing their knowledge. I greatly appreciate that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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