I consider myself a numismatist. I enjoy learning about the history behind the items I collect. In addition to collecting, I conduct research and have written articles that have appeared in a couple hobby publications.
@Insider2 said:
I'll add several hundred members of CU to that list!
That is kind.
Kind and realistic. Any member here, even if they arrived green, after a couple years of regularly following and contributing to posts, is indeed a Numismatist.
Among their forum peers, particularly those with encyclopedic coin knowledge, they may feel to be only modestly informed, but with the 99.5% of folks that are not coin people, they are experts.
@abcde12345 said:
Is it possible to a Numismatist yet not collect coins? Simply study them without gathering them?
Certainly. Roger is a numismatist who doesn't collect coins. He does gather coins for study, either by borrowing them or temporarily buying them but only for the duration of a research project.
@abcde12345 said:
Is it possible to a Numismatist yet not collect coins? Simply study them without gathering them?
Walter Breen was a collector when he was younger. His collection was stolen and he stopped collecting coins and became a collector of information as he put it. He was a numismatist but not a coin collector.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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I consider myself a numismatist. I enjoy learning about the history behind the items I collect. In addition to collecting, I conduct research and have written articles that have appeared in a couple hobby publications.
ANA-LM, CWTS-LM, NBS, TAMS, ANS
Kind and realistic. Any member here, even if they arrived green, after a couple years of regularly following and contributing to posts, is indeed a Numismatist.
Among their forum peers, particularly those with encyclopedic coin knowledge, they may feel to be only modestly informed, but with the 99.5% of folks that are not coin people, they are experts.
Collector - Numismatist in training....
Well, there are just 2 people with degrees in Numismatics
Is it possible to a Numismatist yet not collect coins? Simply study them without gathering them?
Absolutely. Ownership isn’t a requirement in my opinion.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
If a Numismatist I suspect I am a counterfeit one...
Certainly. Roger is a numismatist who doesn't collect coins. He does gather coins for study, either by borrowing them or temporarily buying them but only for the duration of a research project.
Walter Breen was a collector when he was younger. His collection was stolen and he stopped collecting coins and became a collector of information as he put it. He was a numismatist but not a coin collector.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I suppose numismatist is an easier sell than son of rocket scientist... Fewer syllables too.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.