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tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
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A couple of years ago, I let my CW subscription lapse well...I don't know, but I just did. Lately however, I have thought about renewing it. Should I renew it or not? What do you guys like/hate most about CW?

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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I certainly won't tell anyone else what to do, but I let it lapse due to the crap ads they entertain.
  • SteveSteve Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭
    It is now a magazine with color pictures. If you haven't seen it for a couple of years it would probably be interesting to you to see a copy. Content is still as it was. Steveimage
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  • collegecoincollectorcollegecoincollector Posts: 426
    ahhh i wonder if my new thread about magazines a few minutes ago sparked this one? image
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    I've subscribed for many years. They do cover all the "breaking news" in the hobby - what the Mint is doing, show reports, top auctions - as well as having good columnists. Not every issue is a home run but I enjoy getting a weekly burst of coin news in the mailbox.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭
    Its cheap... makes a good bathroom read image
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I faced that same decision about 5 years ago and decided... not.

    I haven't missed it.
    When in doubt, don't.
  • FullStepJeffsFullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I faced that same decision about 5 years ago and decided... not.

    I haven't missed it. >>



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    Not much in it that appeals to me... they can keep it.

    Steve
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  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    It's better than junk mail (cus you pay for it). Go on, give 'em the $50. (I did).
  • FrankcoinsFrankcoins Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭
    I renewed for 2 years, including Coin Values magazine. Current Coin World has a huge article about the Chinese counterfeits on eBay. I got CW editor's attention with my muckracking a few weeks ago, and they agreed to publish Susan Headley's research. Too bad the ANA has been so ineffective.
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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I certainly won't tell anyone else what to do, but I let it lapse due to the crap ads they entertain. >>

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    There you go---right on. I was a subscriber for over 30yr.
    I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've subscribed for 25 straight years. I'm considering canceling....it's just not as relevant as it used to be. I also don't like the new format (magazine).

    Maybe the Internet is slowing killing it, just like the newspapers?

    Dave
    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • OnlyBuffalosOnlyBuffalos Posts: 817
    If on a weekly basis, someone would distilll the information that is contained in these threads and publish it, the end result would be far superior to the information contained in any current numismatic publication.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,141 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Much better magazine than NN ... & I get them both...
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    It's cheap, and overall, it is worth it. The editorials have to go, though.
    Always took candy from strangers
    Didn't wanna get me no trade
    Never want to be like papa
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's cheap, and overall, it is worth it. The editorials have to go, though. >>



    I love the editorials!
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  • scoobydeuxscoobydeux Posts: 498 ✭✭
    "Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end."
  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    Yes!!!
  • scoobydeuxscoobydeux Posts: 498 ✭✭
    I like getting the news every week. Not every issue is spectacular, but 2 or 3 articles each month catch my eye. I personally like it much better than The Numismatist, and since I don't think the ANA is worth a damn, I let my membership run out in favor of Coin World
    "Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end."
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of the reasons I keep my subscription is for the discount on supplies through Amos Hobby. I save a buck per 3-pack on my VAMSlab materials, which more than covers the cost of the subscription.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • coinnuttiuscoinnuttius Posts: 547
    Local shop gives me the old ones for free...
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  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭✭
    I've Been with coin world for over 25 yrs.some good info,and some junk.to much advertisment for my enjoyment.this is my last round.image
  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    CW has quite a few articles on new discoveries that are either not published elsewhere or are given less detailed treatment. They also seem more interested in publishing original research articles that present new information to hobbyists. On-line secondary sources merely repeat parts of articles and leave out key material when they paraphrase.

    Your question seems to be: “How close to the source do your want your numismatic information to be?” If you like it predigested, then go with on-line paraphrases; if you like to know as much as you can, then consider a subscription.
  • bfjohnsonbfjohnson Posts: 541 ✭✭✭
    I've gotten it for about two years now and read it most of the time unless my dog or kid rips it up. I enjoy it and say go ahead.
    BarberSet
  • CoinAuctionsHelpCoinAuctionsHelp Posts: 515
    I like to read CW, but the ads are not filtered. The Coin Values articles are a must read, but most of the information in the Coin World Magazine is on the net for free. Also, the values listed in the Coin Values is too high and mislead collectors. I would subcribe again, but I can find this information on the Internet so I will let it run out.
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It's better than junk mail (cus you pay for it). Go on, give 'em the $50. (I did). >>





    ..........ive been getting it for less than 50 bucks........................

    at this place
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • NelrakNelrak Posts: 18
    I renewed mine. As someone already stated...it make great bathroom material!
    Nelrak aka Ken
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    One thing I like about CW is the ability to "view" CW's I haven't yet received.

    One thing I do NOT like about the "Online CW" is the online archives only go back about 13 or 14 weeks.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>One thing I like about CW is the ability to "view" CW's I haven't yet received.

    One thing I do NOT like about the "Online CW" is the online archives only go back about 13 or 14 weeks. >>




    ............i'm with you, lee. the archives should be longer.image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • ScarsdaleCoinScarsdaleCoin Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    funny, I was a big CW fan a few years ago...when they switched format to the small version I really lost interest in what they have to offer.... if your looking for a old newspaper feel give Numismatic News a try....
    Jon Lerner - Scarsdale Coin - www.CoinHelp.com
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    I think it's worth getting.
    Coin Rarities Online

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