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10 reasons I enjoy the PCGS US Coin Forum (with giveaway)-WINNERS (FINALLY) ANNOUNCED

RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It has been about two years that I first checked into the US Coin Forum. I have thought about the many positive attributes of participating here, and I have come up with a list of ten reasons why I enjoy it here and will continue to come back:

It's a great place...

1. To see a lot of cool coins.
2. To learn about all aspects of collecting--buying, selling, grading, attributing, history, photography, to name a few.
3. To enjoy the comaraderie and friendship of fellow collectors (and dealers, too).
4. To share the excitement of a new purchase--especially someone else's.
5. To gain greater insight about the human condition (ebay mishaps, lawsuits, and other mostly petty conflicts).
6. To help newbies or less experienced collectors (as others have helped me and continue to do so).
7. To take a break from an otherwise busy life and immerse myself in coin talk whenever I want.
8. To learn about up-to-the-minute goings on in the world of coins (show reports, market reports, etc.).
9. To make buying/selling contacts.

Okay, I can only think of nine.

How about some help with #10? Three ideas I like best will receive a recent auction catalog and a silver quarter. image
My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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  • NewmismatistNewmismatist Posts: 1,802 ✭✭
    10. To use the knowledge that you've acquired from this forum to take your collecting to a higher lever! image

    Best I could do in one sentence. image
    Collecting eye-appealing Proof and MS Indian Head Cents, 1858 Flying Eagle and IHC patterns and beautiful toned coins.

    “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Mark Twain
    Newmismatist
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10. To learn to appreciate that the hobby isn't about how much money someone has, but how they use however much money they have.
    JK Coin Photography - eBay Consignments | High Quality Photos | LOW Prices | 20% of Consignment Proceeds Go to Pancreatic Cancer Research
  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    10. A laugh every now & then.
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  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    10. To realize that collecting is still a hobby and we do it for the fun and enjoyment.
  • my3centsmy3cents Posts: 1,411
    10. To use as an "instant" information resource for ANYTHING about coins and collecting them.

    My Auctions
  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    10) To use as entertainment when someone tries to sell AT coins!
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    ">"    http://www.cashcrate.com/5663377"
  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A classy venue for procrastination
    mirabela
  • 66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    To take collecting to your next level without losing your sanity.

    Hmm, I wonder.
    Need something designed and 3D printed?
  • ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    To come and express our ideas (and sometimes ourselves) and have them challenged and chewed upon which allows us to reflect upon them more objectively.
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,953 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10> To learn from the mistakes as well as the success of other posters here.
    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,286 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10> To have a safe(almost so) place to trade/sell/buy with out the costs/issues associated with ebay.

    Chris
    My Lincoln Registry
    My Collection of Old Holders

    Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    10. To hang around in the Open Forum and discuss such hot topics as politics, sex, and Uranus. image
  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭
    10. To seek entertainment. image
    US Navy CWO3 retired. 12/81-09/04

    Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
  • skingspanskingspan Posts: 519 ✭✭
    Great people who have generous giveaways!!!!
    My Silver Crown Collection
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    10. To understand the depth of knowlege among collectors on the board, and entice me to strive to learn as much or more than others
    Always took candy from strangers
    Didn't wanna get me no trade
    Never want to be like papa
    Working for the boss every night and day
    --"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,274 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10. To read the 9 reasons RYK likes CU Forums and break my head with everyone else trying to figure out what the 10th reason should be image



    Marc
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,252 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10. Easy targets like Cameron and Dorkkarl. image
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • solidsolid Posts: 2,975
    10. To participate in the best collective pool of coin knowledge in existance!

  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    To allow dealers and collectors to communicate/interact in ways they might not otherwise be able to.... which often leads to a better understanding of and appreciation for one another. It need not be "us against them".image
  • morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭
    ----11) I love the arguements over whether a coin is NT or AT when niether party has even looked at the coin in person! 12) Watching guys try to pick off coins raw on eBay is like watching people in a casino, and fun when they hit their number for a big payout.
    morgannut2
  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    Sounds good to me, ditto what the others have said.

    Wow, I just noticed I broke 1,000 posts posted!
    It's hard to imagine I've been doing it all this time with having all this fun and stuff.image
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  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭


    << <i>To allow dealers and collectors to communicate/interact in ways they might not otherwise be able to.... which often leads to a better understanding of and appreciation for one another. It need not be "us against them".image >>





    Oh yeah???? Then how come you PM me all the time telling me that you just flushed some more roosies down the toilet??????



































    image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It need not be "us against them".

    Oh yeah???? Then how come you PM me all the time telling me that you just flushed some more roosies down the toilet??????

    Mark has nothing against you, Frank. He just has something againts roosies. BTW, how do you pronounce "roosies"--like it is spelled or like "rosies". I think I just hijacked my own thread image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭


    10) The Free Flips
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    10. To laugh at Marty. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • phutphut Posts: 1,087 ✭
    Shiny metal things amuse me.
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    To watch Russ and Marty go at it trying to outsnipe one another..... image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Any others? I will pick my favorite three tonight (after the kids go to bed image).
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    10. To remember that the beauty of a coin is not always designated by a piece of plastic and some typing.
    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

    Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
  • rlawsharlawsha Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭
    10. To learn what it means to, "Buy the coin, not the holder".
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    10. The frequent contests/giveaways that many of the board members put on.
    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    10. Opportunities to test my grading skills in threads titled "Guess the grade".
    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    10. Because it there.
    https://www.ebay.com/str/christyscoins
  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭


    << <i>10. Easy targets like Cameron and Dorkkarl >>



    I am not easyimage

    My 10: To learn and talk about coins while having fun at the same time.
    11. And babe pics on the open forumimage

    Cameron Kiefer
  • 1957joe1957joe Posts: 608 ✭✭
    to humble me about how much I don't know about coins.
  • NeptuneNeptune Posts: 2,221
    10. To locate other resources for the hobby such as websites, books, dealers, coin shops, coin shows, clubs, etc. - and to acquire intricate knowledge from these sources.

    Congrats on your milestone.

    Pam
  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    10. The coin forum is quite a find! For me it is kind of like looking in the window of the toy store when I was a kid. It began when I used to take all the coins and dollar bills from my paper route and sort all the bills by seal and all the coins for my albums. I have always been curious. My curiousity with coins has never been fulfilled. Where else but the forum would you get to see a gold, bust coin or a ms 65 '20 $10 indian or see pictures of every coin that you were ever interested in...from the comfort of your computer and your favorite chair. The more interesting twist is the full range of personalities that go with the coins, all different and all individual, but all interesting.
  • jomjom Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No particular order:

    1) I've met people who have the same interests as I do

    2) Got great advice on improving my photography of coins

    3) Long time dealers are here for picking their brains

    4) The PICTURES! image

    BTW, this holds for the NGC forum I participate in also. Especially #1.

    That's not ten but they are the most important.

    jom
  • tonyhartonyhar Posts: 1,598
    To meet like minded people from around the world.
    Tony Harmer
    Web: www.tonyharmer.org
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    10. To enjoy photographing your coins almost as much as buying them.
    Blog and Pics
  • GeodGeod Posts: 131 ✭✭
    It gives me something to do on those MANY slow days at work (and helps speed up those days)
  • beartracks42beartracks42 Posts: 2,834 ✭
    It gives me the opportunity to buy nice coins from nice folks, without the worry of buying from forums such as Ebay, etc.image
    Gary
    image
  • GilbertGilbert Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭
    If you still haven't picked it yet, how about:

    10. Perspective - not matter how right or wrong you may think you are, the forum demonstrates that there is always someone on either extreme, which demonstrates you (or I) are not as "far out" as we may have thought we were. image
    Gilbert
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    10. I'm currently suffering a No Life situation, so I hang out here.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Keep posting. Work, family, and World Series have kept me from picking the winners, yet. I will do so by the end of this week.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭


    << <i>11. And babe pics on the open forum >>



    Typical Cameron. I send him a DVD with 50,000 babes on it and he is still looking for more! image
  • KentuckyJKentuckyJ Posts: 1,871 ✭✭✭

    10. To breathe some fresh numismatic air! Many of us likely spend a lot of our time in worlds where true numismatic air is a rare commodity image

    image
    KJ
  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    10. To get a chance to win a recent auction catalog and a silver quarter. image

    Actually, to be able to post esoteric questions about coins and get several knowledgable answers in a very short period of time is one of the main reasons I enjoy this forum.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The three winners are...

    Prooflike: 10. (For) A laugh every now & then.
    (that was going to be my number 10, until I decided to make the contest. If it were not so funny here, I would be gone. As I have said before, Russ is one of the funniest people I know.)

    Newmismatist: 10. To use the knowledge that you've acquired from this forum to take your collecting to a higher lever!
    (a good wrap-up of the overall experience here--the forum makes you a better collector)

    Longacre: 10. To understand the depth of knowlege among collectors on the board, and entice me to strive to learn as much or more than others.
    (lots of smart coin people here--the forum pushes you to learn more.)

    Runners-up:

    Airplanenut: 10. To learn to appreciate that the hobby isn't about how much money someone has, but how they use however much money they have.
    (Jeremy is a charitable and generous young man, and while I appreciate his sentiment, it is not one of my main thrusts here.)

    Marcmoish: 10. To read the 9 reasons RYK likes CU Forums and break my head with everyone else trying to figure out what the 10th reason should be.
    (Sorry, and I hope your head feels better.)

    Coinguy1: 10. To allow dealers and collectors to communicate/interact in ways they might not otherwise be able to.... which often leads to a better understanding of and appreciation for one another. It need not be "us against them".
    (Excellent point, and if he were not one of "them", he might have been a winner.) image

    Winners, please PM your address to me, and I will get you your auction catalog and quarter ASAP.




    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • KentuckyJKentuckyJ Posts: 1,871 ✭✭✭

    Good picks!

    image

    KJ

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