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Subject: Re: Serious
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Here, here! David
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "cmcdon0923 <CMcdon0923@a...>"
<CMcdon0923@a...> wrote:
> Just getting around to replying to a few of these followups to my
> EXPANDED qestion....good thread, I've enjoyed the responses so
far...
>
> John,
>
> I have to disagree with your assertion that one can only be
> considered a "serious" collector if you have published something or
> are involved in research. Either this should be a sub-category of
> serious, or perhaps a fourth level....Student / Researcher.
>
> I agree with your #1 definition, but as for #2, I think an
> accumulator could be more accurately described as someone who
simply
> buys up all the (usually) lower grade coins they can find, puts
them
> in cardboard 2x2 holders, and then attributes them by Breen numbers
> with the annotation of "RARE" or V. RARE" on each one.
>
> As for what constitutes a serious collector, in my opinion, it is
> anyone who has made a commitment of both time and effort (OK, and
> money) to pursue assembling a collection with a slant towards some
> form of "specialization", be it die varieties and/or die states,
> pedigrees, grade, etc., etc. But I feel there needs to be some
> aspect of specialization, and with most/all of the series we bring
> under the umbrella of "Colonials", that specialization usually
> centers around die varieties.
>
> I consider myself a serious collector of both CT and VT varieties.
> For both series, I currently own in excess of the "thresholds" I
> posted in my original message. Am I as active as I used to be?
No.
> But that is mainly because I am now at a point where I can not walk
> in to even an EAC or C4 convention and find more than a small
handful
> of coins I need. And unfortunately, $$$ then becomes the main
> roadblock even if the coins are there.
>
> I no longer actively bid at auction, but I do sometimes buy coins
on
> the aftermarket from major sales. I own (and have read) most of
the
> references for just about every series, even those I don't
collect.
> I have amassed a library of several hundred books and catalogs for
> use in tracing pedigrees, comparing condition and frequency of
> appearances, etc., etc.
>
> You HAVE to study these coins to collect them. You need to at
least
> have some idea about the numbering schemes used to assign
varieties.
> You need to be able to at least put a general attribution on a
> coin...is is a 33 obverse or a 32, or a 37, etc. And that only
comes
> from making the commitment to study and memorize the details. This
> is what separates us from people who collect (for example) slabbed
> silver dollars.
>
> But, I have never published a single article, or proposed a single
> new theory or hypothesis regarding these coins. Does that
disqualify
> me as being serious? In my mind, it does not, because as I stated
in
> the beginning of this posting, I have made a commitment to assemble
> collections of these coins. I read about them, I study the
> craftsmanship and the fabric of their manufacture. I seek them out
> and agonize (literally) over which one I should buy when faced with
a
> situation where I can buy only one.
>
> Bottom line....there has to be some inner passion to make that
> commitment to seriously collect Colonials. Anyone who has that
> passion deep inside can be considered serious....numbers don't
> matter. If you have the passion deep inside, you know it. If you
> don't, then perhaps Colonials aren't for you.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Craig
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