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Subject: Re: Serious
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Marc, Right on! David
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "Marcus M. Mayhugh <1-
mar@m...>" <1-mar@m...> wrote:
> ---
> I don't think having the money to buy mega coins is a criteria for
> being a serious collector. I'm seriously broke if that accounts
for
> anything. Nor is attendance at C4 conventions, I've never been to
> one. Until this group started I didn't even know any other
> collectors. Still, I have 22 Machin varieties, 50 or so New
Jerseys
> (no 71-y), 75 Connecticut varieties,100 nice British and Irish
> counterfeit halfpence, and various other foreign coins that
> circulated in colonial America, medals, ect ect. I have spent
> hundreds of dollars on books and spent numerous hours in libraries
> doing research ,yet you couldn't get me to stand up in front of a
> group of people and give a talk. Well, maybe for a R-7 Machin I
might
> give it a whirl. I would like to write some things as well, but
> missing those four years of high school has diminished my writing
> skills to a degree.I do try once in a while and will continue to
do
> so. I will probably collect these little chunks of copper until I
> die. I can't think of any other thing I would rather do ,and that,
in
> my opinion, makes me a serious collector.
> Marc
>
>
>
> In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, CMcdon0923@a... wrote:
> > I'm really enjoying this discussion, and would like to thank
> everyone who has posted on this topic.
> >
> > This kind of discussion is, in my mind at least, every bit as
> interesting and informative as discussions on a specific coin or
some
> other topics. It's like being at the Convention, sitting around
in
> someone's room or the hotel bar late at night just shooting the
> bull.....just without the cigarette smoke.
> >
> > Just to clarify, I'm not trying to peg a specific definition or
> numerical quantifier on the various types of collectors, but
rather
> simply to get other people's thoughts.
> >
> > Craig
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