Is there anything wrong with dropping AT/NT and switching to MA/NMA
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One problem I see in the AT/NT debate is that one camp wants to use subjective definitions and another camp wants to use objective definitions. The AT/NT terms can appear to be objective definitions.
Because people will continue to want to use subjective definitions for terms that have an objective connotation, is it better to simply drop AT/NT.
Should we all simply move to Market Acceptable and Not Market Acceptable?
Because people will continue to want to use subjective definitions for terms that have an objective connotation, is it better to simply drop AT/NT.
Should we all simply move to Market Acceptable and Not Market Acceptable?
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Notwithstanding the fact that they have already been fooled multiple times.... 'You do not know what you do not know!!'
Cheers, RickO
<< <i>One problem I see in the AT/NT debate is that one camp wants to use subjective definitions and another camp wants to use objective definitions. The AT/NT terms can appear to be objective definitions.
Because people will continue to want to use subjective definitions for terms that have an objective connotation, is it better to simply drop AT/NT.
Should we all simply move to Market Acceptable and Not Market Acceptable? >>
Here's a thought...what if we drop the entire arguement completely?...
It is my understanding that coin collecting is a hobby...something to be enjoyed...
The reason that I see, that the coin hobby has become the coin business is simply based on the idea that originally, coin collecting was a hobby for the 'well-off' folks with money to 'burn'. The average person needed every coin they could get just to put food on the table.
Why is a coin worth more than it's face value? Because there are people with extra money to spend who decide that it is worth more.
Let's face it... we can't eat coins (well, we can, but it might get us a bit sick) and they can not cure a disease... the only reason they have value is because we have decided to agree that they do. Coin collecting is a luxury.
Carry on this line of thinking to toned coins... is a toned coin really worth more than a not toned coin? only if someone(s) decide it is. Actually, a toned Morgan is worth $1 or the value of it's silver content or more if enough folks decide they would pay more than that....and the silver is only worth what someone is willing to pay and if our economy went belly up...none of it would be worth anything...
Gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc. only has value because we have agreed to give it value. If the proverbial 'kaka' were to hit the fan... it would all be worthless...food and good health would become the valued premiums.
Bottom line...if I like a coin I will collect it. If I like a matchbook, I will save/collect it...
As long as I live in a society that affords me the economic ability to save and/or collect, I will...and I do not need another's opinion to tell me what I like or don't like...
The AT/NT or MA/NMA arguement does not matter to a true collector, IMO ... it only becomes important in the realm of the Coin Business.