While I have no doubt that I (and my collection), are quite ordinary, I do wonder with questions such as these what defines middle market? Is it the market value of your collection? The amount of time and study you give to your collection? Your numismatic library?
By financial market value standards - what range would "Middle Market" be?
Milquetoast and being in the middle of the market have nothing to do with each other. One is a personality trait and the other is a financial sector (which may or may not have anything to do with one's personal finances - save the more expensive the coins the more likely the buyer has serious money). If I were on a fixed budget and wanted to collect coins I would be very aggressive in negotiating prices - as far from milquetoast as you can get. If I were filthy rich I might not bargain at all and accept whatever was told to me - which is closer to milquetoast.
As for the term "dreaded" - this reeks of mines bigger than yours. There is nothing dreadful about collecting average coins unless one is a snob.
Sorry for the rant but looking down on people who drive a Chevy instead of Mercedes just doesn't feel right.
In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
I'm with KiltedOne; I'm so low on the buying of coins that I expect the government to redistribute to me some of the half-eagles the rich collectors are always showing off here
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By financial market value standards - what range would "Middle Market" be?
As for the term "dreaded" - this reeks of mines bigger than yours. There is nothing dreadful about collecting average coins unless one is a snob.
Sorry for the rant but looking down on people who drive a Chevy instead of Mercedes just doesn't feel right.
redistribute to me some of the half-eagles the rich collectors are always showing off here