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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 581194, member: 57463&quot;]<b>People Make the Hobby</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!&nbsp; I should have known about those a long time ago. One of hte problems is that my personal interests are outside the mainstream, so I miss a lot that other people know about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like writing about independent collectors whenever I can.&nbsp; Next are museums, banks, and other institutions.&nbsp; For me, the real prize is a dealer website with good information. Bob Reis&#039; &quot;Anything Anywhere&quot; is one; Joel Anderson. of course is another and Rich Hartzog&#039;s Exonumia is the third easy one.&nbsp; It is not so much the articles -- not many of those -- but the product descriptions. They do more than list a catalog number and a price.&nbsp; They tell the story.&nbsp; That&#039;s a cliche, right...&nbsp; Dealers sell stories.&nbsp; If you &quot;buy&quot; the story, they &quot;give&quot; you the coin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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