NGC Forum
Morgan13
Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭✭✭
Does anyone from here spend time on their forum?
I have visited and even posted. Seems like the same 5-10 people respond to everything. With a couple of them not being very friendly.
I pretty much visit here ecslusively and that's fine with me.
Student of numismatics and collector of Morgan dollars
Successful BST transactions with: Namvet Justindan Mattniss RWW olah_in_MA
Dantheman984 Toyz4geo SurfinxHI greencopper RWW bigjpst bretsan MWallace logger7
8
Comments
Yeah, it’s always been slow over there compared to here. This place has always been almost like a chat room with lots of responses right away.
Mr_Spud
And that's why everyone is here. 👍
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
There are some knowledgeable people over there, and like everywhere you need to sort through the good and bad posters.
Coin Photographer.
I prefer hers as well
And she thanks you.
Never been there.
My original attraction to NGC was and still is their registry set program, which I started Nearly 20 years ago, in 2005. I’ve been a board member there since 2009. I started posting there two years before I joined here. I used to post there in addition to posting here But most of the good members have either left or died. Haven’t been there in probably a year, because the same trolls kept replying to my threads. I posted Coins that they could only dream of owning, and they were critical of them and knocked them down the toilet for no reason (likely jealousy or spite). I got fed up with that. So, I have only been posting here, now. I might drop in there from time to time, but I spend most of my time here.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
At one time the NGC forum had a lot of knowledgeable members, over the years that number has dwindled. Partly because of the trolls that are present there, partly because some didn't like when NGC updated their software, and naturally because some have passed on or stopped being active in the hobby. Today that forum is inundated with how much is my pocket change worth threads from the countless clueless people that I think find their way there due to the partnership NGC has (had) with Ebay.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Ya, use to be a very good forum with very knowledgeable members. There are still a couple left, but mostly just people who argue about who's smarter than the other. I left there a few months ago. I still have my registries, but other than that, no reason to visit the forum much anymore.
My Original Song Written to my late wife-"Plus other original music by me"
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8A11CC8CC6093D80
https://n1m.com/bobbysmith1
I've also never been to Spain.
Nice Three Dog Night reference!😉
But I kinda like the music 🎶
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
@Morgan13, there's a reason the NGC forum was nicknamed SleepyHollow.
Been awhile since posted over there but considering another tour. Would not call it sleepy hollow - there are some gators in there.
They say you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Well ok then will lookup my handle there and c if still works.
Just remember; We are all just prisoners here of our own device.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Welcome to the Hotel Pareidolia.
Say the ladies are insane there
and they sure know how to use it🎶
Yup, I still have an account there and
check in every 2 years or so, still seems sleepy. The CAC forum quickly became much more lively than NGC ever was.
There are a couple of people whom I seriously debated using one of my five ignores here on, before they were banned who post there. Every time I think I will resume posting, one of them annoys me enough that I stop.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
They begged me to stay, but I said “no”.
Some of the posters over there are certainly insane! 🤣 A lot of them are banished from here. They call it ‘the land of misfit toys’. Lmao
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
I think I have some "Insider" information about who one of them might be.
Not LMAO.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
A lot of the posters here seem to find it funny that a lot of the banned posters here post at NGC. Long before my time, this place used to be more like the Wild West and the hammer fell accordingly. Anyone familiar with the archives is familiar with this. Anyone familiar with most of these posters also knows that some of them are incredibly knowledgeable about coins.
I will say that the hit rate on a thread over at NGC having actual numismatic worth is much much higher than it is here. CAC and NGC are about equal IMO.
The below is ALL OPINION.
A look at NGC's forum today and I'd say that 14/25 threads there on the front page have true numismatic worth (or something that someone (me) can take something meaningful from). That's 56%.
CAC is 15/26, or 57%.
PCGS has 12/50 or 24%.
Coin Photographer.
I've never visited the NGC forum so I can't comment but you are spot on, the posters on the CAC board, on average, are incredibly knowledgeable and seasoned numismatists who are happy to share their thoughts. In particular, I wish Roger Burdette was over here.
The downside is that many of them act like medium to enormous a******* and they are happy to share their thoughts on ANY topic, whether germane, desired, or not. I can call them out and start an argument; you've seen how that goes. Or just read the sh**** little nuggets they drop from time to time without comment; I rarely have the ability to do this.
I have stopped visiting the CAC forum because it is so unpleasant and the gain in numismatic knowledge is not worth dealing with so many and such a high percentage of crappy personalities.
The NGC forums aren’t really that bad, just not instant feedback/replies like over here. But it’s still useful every now and then with some threads worth reading. The Coin Uno game over there is quite fun, for example, and it’s pinned so it’s always on top and easy to find. Sometimes the coin uno ends up going rapid fire even, it’s great when that happens.
Mr_Spud
Bump up the stats by being friendly and posting> @lermish said:
I wish you would give CAC a second chance. There is so much wonderful information shared and offered over there it would be a shame to dismiss that forum so easily and readily.
I've seen my fair share of that over at CAC, but for the most part it is a rather high quality forum. If you can sort out those who actually don't know what they're talking about from those who have a different opinion (whether that be incredibly strong or not), you can get something from there.
With that said, I'm a lot more careful about what I'm willing to put over there vs. over here, since some days I just don't have the energy to deal with the CAC forum. For example, my recent thread here on Proof vs. MS distinction will stay firmly on this and NGC's side of the line.
Edited to add that Roger got the hammer here a while ago.
I don't think that was an easy and ready decision, but @lermish can correct me if I'm wrong.
Coin Photographer.
I was just joking around a little bit. I still visit the NGC boards from time to time but just haven’t been there lately. However, they are not as good as they used to be when I first joined and nowhere near as active as PCGS. I miss that period and some of the folks who used to post back then. They are still fun and there is some useful information from time to time. NGC is nostalgic and where it all began for me and they have the best registry, because of the longevity, layout and inclusiveness, IMHO.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
A lot banned from here flocked to there for it. PCGS took some heat there from some of those members.
Other coin forums, too. Insignificant error designations seem to be defining the hobby in some of those forums, now.
One of the things that helped the NGC forum lose its appeal was the fragmentation into too many subforums before they moved to a different forum software.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
I haven't checked but I probably livend the place up a little.
At least for now.
Student of numismatics and collector of Morgan dollars
Successful BST transactions with: Namvet Justindan Mattniss RWW olah_in_MA
Dantheman984 Toyz4geo SurfinxHI greencopper RWW bigjpst bretsan MWallace logger7
There are a couple of obnoxious posters there that ruined it for me. They would spew nonsense into many threads and diluted the number of quality posts. After a while, it was no longer worth time and effort of shifting out quality content from the never ending BS.
I looked there once and it seemed like it was not as user friendly a site as CUMBs here.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Nope. 3 Letters.
ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
There are a couple of serious heavy hitters ATS.
They're a bit crusty but they know their stuff.
My Saint Set
I abandoned that board. Much more lively here.
Don't shoot the messenger.
That is exactly what happened to me.
I know it's good to be tolerant but it wears a person down.
Student of numismatics and collector of Morgan dollars
Successful BST transactions with: Namvet Justindan Mattniss RWW olah_in_MA
Dantheman984 Toyz4geo SurfinxHI greencopper RWW bigjpst bretsan MWallace logger7
I spent time there for a few months, a few years ago. I (and others) found it not to be a friendly place, to put it mildly. Most people were fine, but there were a few regular posters who were remarkably unpleasant. So I left.
Ignore the couple and enjoy the rest. I just completely scroll past them. They do take up space, however.
If you guys don't like the NGC or CAC forums then definitely never go on reddit.
You opened a reason I was getting ready to post about. I'm a member of five coin forums. All are different an better at one thing over the other. NGC is the most inactive of them all HOWEVER, IMO anyone who does not check as many sources of info as they can is cheating themselves. As you wrote, many posters on other forums have been banned from here or only post in one of the forums.
You and I have bumped heads and from what I have read we both have detractors or have possibly been blocked. Thus, people probably view at lest me as being a crappy poster. Nevertheless, I don't think I have posted misinformation while stirring the pot. I'm an old guy who grew up in the old days before political correctness, snowflakes, etc. I can't even post some of the names we called each other because some young pup here raised by (self edit) teachers will get offended. My point is this:
Some of the best teachers, bosses, mentors, and idols of mine were/are jerks with crappy personalities BUT THEY KNEW/KNOW THEIR STUFF! I want the info and I don't care how they deliver it to me. In my world, no one would ever get banned - denying others from their knowledge. I say bring back Roger and this Realtone guy I've been accused of being. Look for new discussion.
I agree. However, what is nonsense to an ignorant man my be a true fact. The only thing that bothers me is when a person posts something and will not debate to defend the post. That's how people get me to change my opinion about what they think.