An apology and a question

Coindexter

I just finished reading Syracusian's "fed up with SSPs" thread. One of the many good points contained within that thread is that there are people that basically lurk here on the darkside forum, make no real contributions and only post in SSP or give away threads. The realization that I am one of those people slapped me in the face like a big wet haddock. I understand why this behavior is undesirable and I completely agree that it is bad ediquette. I sincerely apologize for doing nothing short of taking advantage of this venue.

To this point my only real post to this forum has been in reference to NCLT items of my birth year. I know that while most members here have and passively collect these items they are not a primary interest to most and pale in comparison to more historically important and beautiful items. As a result I don't post much about them. These are not, however, my only darkside interests.

I am primarily a lightside collector. At present my collection is comprised of about 95% US coins. The big difference between myself and most lightsiders is that I happen to think that in order to truly understand and collect US coinage one must understand and collect the coinage related to it. That widens the scope of my collection considerably to include British, French and Spanish coins - just for a start. I read here constantly to learn more about these coins and any others that happen to be a subject of discussion. Ironically, one of the best posts I've seen on this subject was on the lightside forum tonight. Pistareen gave me some incredible food for thought in this thread.

While I lurked and educated myself I made another mistake. Reading all of your posts and learning is surely a good thing, but I should have taken a more active role in my education by speaking out, asking questions and above all thanking you for helping me. When I realized my offense my first inclination was to disappear and be not bothersome. I quickly came to the conclusion that this would not set anything right. Instead I will endeavor to step up and contribute to the liveliness of this forum.

With all of this in mind I must admit that from a standpoint of darkside numismatic knowledge I have little to contribute. So my first effort in taking an active role in educating myself (in the hopes of making a better contribution) will be to ask where to begin. I am interested at this point primarily in the foreign coins that circulated in the US during the colonial period. Would any of you be so kind as to recommend a good book to start me off in the right direction?

1jester

No harm done, no offense taken, nothing to worry about, bra!

rhound1977

I myself am not a knowledgable contributor as much as others are. The SSP issue post is an honest vetting and I don't think the vast majority of us should see it personal. As collectors most of us like to
buy/sell and swap our coins to acheive our collecting goals which do change. Most of my offering are duplicates (up grades), portions of my collection I no longer have an interest in, and the occasional brain
fart where I accidentaly bought a coin I already had.

I enjoy the forums, and just ignore postings of little interest, and do a bit of lurking myself, and go Yeti periodically when I need a break....

I think occasional benign comments to a post are appreciated by the poster so they realize you looked and had an interest, most of my comments are benign...

Subject matter here is vast and wide with medals, NCLT, ancients, among others, and all countries of the world past present and future. Though my primary focus is British I do enjoy many of the others
and still refuse to collect Conders ...

Feel free to share your interests with us, more than likely someone here has your enthusiasim in your area, though it may not be me, I still find much of it interesting.

BTW I was one of those 95% U.S. collectors about 3 years ago, built a type set, but I sold it all and I have been fully assimilated into the DARKSIDE...

newbiecollector

Is this link of an help to you on colonial period coins?

Colonial Coins

danglen

<< <i> To this point my only real post to this forum has been in reference to NCLT items of my birth year. >>



Anyone that collects NCLTs can't be bad By the way, what is your birth year?

AuldFartte

Scott, I doubt any of that was aimed directly at you, so don't give it a second thought. Your position here is so similar to many of us because we have either been in, or still are in, the learning stages. I've been here for a while, but I consider myself one of the "students" rather than one of the "teachers".

I was the same type of collector as you not too long ago - I had about 95% U.S. coins in my collection (Type Set mostly) and was loathe to collect Darkside material until I started reading (lurking) right here on this forum. These guys piqued my interest in a variety of areas, especially British, Canadian, Conder Tokens and others. I'm sure I made an arse of myself many times here with some stupid posts early on, but the folks here are quite forgiving, thankfully!!!

Stick around, have fun, and enjoy

SYRACUSIAN

Coindexter, this was an outstanding post, it almost took some of the guilt away for creating the other thread you referred to. If it was necessary to help even one member to come out of the lurking stage and start posting, then maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all. And what a start!

oldshep

Coindexter - Well said and understood. This is the kind of post that you won't find on the lightside, an actual dialogue without flames.
Post whenever you like, we also learn from questions asked.

Shep

Coindexter

Newbiecollector, thanks for your effort, but the link doesn't work for me. What is the URL you were trying to direct me to?

Danglen, my birth year is 1979 and I actually collect more than just NCLT from that year. Any coin, circulating or not, that contains silver is of interest to me. It just happens that most silver coinage of 1979 was NCLT.

Let me get a little more specific with my question. Can anybody direct me to a good resource (book, website or otherwise) dealing with Spanish Pillar dollars? I think this may be a good place for me to start.

Thanks for your kind words folks.

theboz11

Pillar dollar Heritage site

Coindexter

Great website Boz! Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

cladking

This would be a great question to ask in the "1756" thread.

I like the '86 Krause but it doesn't list much before 1765.

cladking

Of course the Redbook lists the colonials.

Rickc300

A monster has been created! I have been lurking and only rarely post a reply. I have been observing, learning and soaking in much information without paying back in kind. I have often been able to add more information or insights to a question or query but thought better of it due to maybe offending someone. I have never posted a SSP and probably won't (unless we darksiders get a BST of our own) (but that is another topic) Whenever I have asked a question I have always gotten a friendly reply and help from other darksiders. I now vow to help when I can and will no longer shrink away from posting. My current postings before this one is less than 50, but by this time next year I vow to have at least triple that. If I can offer anything to a post I will do so. Don't be a lurker, be a contributor... That is my new motto...

Regards,
Rick