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Has the Registry increased your circle of friends?

mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,547 ✭✭✭
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I know it has for me. I am not the most outgoing person around, but through the Registry and the forums, I communicate regularly with a lot more people than I used to. I have met some great dealers, Andy of Angle Dees, Mark of Pinnacle, Laura of Legend, Mitch of Wondercoin, Tad of Supercoin, and many others. And I have met face to face many of the forum members here, and guess what. They are all people just like you and me(the me part is only for those of you who did not see my photo a couple weeks agoimage) I like the Registry. It is not the end all of everything, but people care enough about it to at least argueimage. mdwoods
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  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    It has increased my set of friends, but also my source of coins. When several online friends all collect the same type of coins, somebody has to sell something and it has become a good source of coins needed for my set.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    mdwoods
    I agree whole heartily.This forum has definitely put me in touch with many collectors,and has helped make some lasting friendships.
    Cameron
    You too are also right.I've both bought and sold coins to many of the members here.There has been many times that I've been told about a coin I was looking for by mambers.
    Don
    Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
  • WalkerGuyWalkerGuy Posts: 126
    You bet! I've met folks who only lived a few miles away, and I didn't have a clue.
    Do you want to be my friend?
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    Dick
  • fantasiizefantasiize Posts: 667
    Increased my circle of friends ??? No, just increased my enemies (especially the ones above me in all of the registry sets I am in) ... image

    Actually just kidding, it has brought me in touch with folks of similar interests and tastes, as well as providing many other sources to expand my collection (and knowledge).

    Now, let me get back to sniping that PCGS MS68 76s Silver Ike ...
    My eBay Items

    I love Ike dollars and all other dollar series !!!

    I also love Major Circulation Strike Type Sets, clad Washingtons ('65 to '98) and key date coins !!!!!

    If ignorance is bliss, shouldn't we have more happy people ??
  • python1python1 Posts: 789
    I am not sure if they consider me friend or foe, but I have had a great time, helping where I can, and getting advise where I can. As a whole, this forum has REALLY made my collection of coins, alot more exciting. I hope there is always a great forum like this to bring all coin collectors together. Great question mdwoods!
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    Dennis

    My Dimes

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  • TypetoneTypetone Posts: 1,621 ✭✭
    I think I've made soem good friends on the Boards. I have certainly bought and sold some coins. But, I'll tell you that Walker Guy sure is a little shifty.image

    Greg
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,668 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I think maybe I made friends with cladking today. image >>




    Sure. Some day we'll all laugh about this and I'll tell you why I have all the typos.image
    Tempus fugit.
  • AndroidAndroid Posts: 726 ✭
    I haven't met anyone yet from the forums, but I plan on meeting a lot of you when i go to my first FUN show in January. I've enjoyed all the discussions here!

    Andy image
    We are finite beings, limited in all our powers, and, hence, our conclusions are not only relative, but they should ever be held subject to correction. Positive assurance is unattainable. The dogmatist is the only one who claims to possess absolute certainty.

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  • rkfishrkfish Posts: 2,617 ✭✭✭
    Yes! Without a doubt!
    Have met quite a few fellow collectors via these boards!
    Also have met a few quality dealers here also!

    Being from a small town, people look at you funny when you tell them you collect coins.image The friends I have made here and through the shows has been an asset for me and my collection!image
    Steve

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  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Positively!
    Doug
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    this great forum has made many new friends for me, and I already have many all around the Country due to my website, now, I am getting ready to join all the Merc heads!!!!!!
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a wash. -Gained a couple, lost a couple.

    peacockcoins

  • remumcremumc Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭
    Hello MDWoods.

    Great thread! I have developed a circle of friends, no mentors really, on this board. They have gone well out of their way to help me in every way possible. Some of you poke fun at the Merc collectors, and that is ok, because we can take it, but let me tell you, there is not a finer group of people of the face of God's green earth! I have been offered advice, help with grading, help with legal problems, and some absolutely wonderful coins! Though I have never met any of these people face to face, I really look forward to the day that I do. My new friends and mentors have an open invitation to join me in a good steak when in my neighborhood, my treat! Tapp444, Python1, Fairlaneman, Grip, Dimeman, and others have welcomed me like a long lost brother. Dealers like Whitlow, Laibstain, and others have sent me coins on approval simply because I was a member of this board. It has been an absolute pleasure to be associated with the Merc collectors on this board.

    Yes, I consider my circle of friends to have been expanded by the discovery of these boards. I look forward to meeting more of you, either on the boards, in person, or both. Collecting Mercury dimes is a hobby, making new friends with similar interest is really what it is all about!


    Thanks to my new friends and mentors!

    Regards,

    Wayne
    Regards,

    Wayne

    www.waynedriskillminiatures.com
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,668 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's a wash. -Gained a couple, lost a couple. >>





    ROFL. I hope Tad's OK.
    Tempus fugit.
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Circle of Friends.

    The word Friend is reserved for about five people that have been known for over 40 years, so I will say no it has not.

    Circle of Acquaintances.

    Now this statement gets a very hardy Yes. Three local people have been met personally and quite a few folks have been met directly because of the Registry. None are considered Foes at all but are considered people that just happen to enjoy a mutual interest. Hopefully one day some will be met in person. This has been quite fun for myself and hopefully for everyone else. image

    Sorry to pick the post apart but the word Friend is very revered by myself. image

    Ken
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Like several others have mentiond, I sure would like to meet all of the people I have shared time with on the forumns. I won't be at FUN but will be at Central States in the spring in STL. Also the show in FEB in STL. Hope some of you will be there.

    LucyBop needs to make a trip to STL.

    Jon
  • DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    I would agree in principle with Ken, that friends are a very special set of people. That said, I have found more than a few kindred souls who also collect Mercs. When this all started (the Merc thing) I thought all the major classic series would have a group like this. However, it seems that at least in this forum the Merc folks are the most visible. I would echo what was said earlier about help and support and in my own small way I try and hold up my end. To me, this camaraderie is what the forum is about.
    Retired United States Mint guy, now working on an Everyman Type Set.
  • DAMDAM Posts: 2,410 ✭✭
    I would agree in principle with Ken, that friends are a very special set of people.

    Hmm, probably true.

    I've found my interest in coins has grown by reading what others have to say on the different forums. Interesting perspectives and insight, makes you think. That's what I like. I like to learn about coins, not just collect them.

    I'm kind of a lone wolf with my hobby, so to speak. I have friends that enjoy my coins and the information I share about them. Then there are others that could care less, and that's ok too. To each his/her own.

    I have a lady friend that had me look through her deceased fathers coins. Typical collection of coins that some collectors have. No big money coins, average grade, raw examples of coins taken out of circulation. When I started getting excited about the a coin I was looking at, I explained how I wished it was in better condition and the value if it would have been. It was an 1885 Liberty Nickel in AG/G condition. She occasionally remarks about the look on my face when I saw that coin. Like a little kid. image
    Dan
  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,547 ✭✭✭
    She occasionally remarks about the look on my face when I saw that coin. Like a little kid.

    I know the feeling well.image mdwoods
    National Register Of Big Trees

    We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Agreed, some friendships have been made and some nice coins acquired on these boards. I have learned a lot in both my specialty and in other sets in which I dabble. The amount of trust is amazing among members who have established themselves on these boards. I have had coins shipped before the check even arrived! I feel I know many of you -- although I am still trying to figure out others image -- and enjoy learning what makes new members tick. And, I have gained a mentor on these boards who has offered kind advice, shared my triumphs and travesty and parted with a few coins at prices I almost was embarassed to accept. He knows who he is. These forums are a great place when we join together in the collegial brotherhood, and sisterhood, of numismatics and share knowledge instead of flames.
    The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
    The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)

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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Friends? I don't believe I have confided with anyone here yet. This has been a great venue to meet and
    hear from other collectors and dealers alike.

    I won't be at FUN but will be at Central States in the spring in STL.

    I might make that show myself.

    Leo

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

    My Jefferson Nickel Collection

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