Originally posted by: cladking This is still the best coin site on the net even if we have lost much of our lead and some of our edginess.
I was just wondering if there was another forum with the some of the past members and edginess. Things were a riot in the past, but they did get out of hand more.
Of course many of the old members are at NGC now. They've always had a really good forum but it's slower and quieter. Some would say the signal to noise ratio is higher but coin noise doesn't bother me so I hardly notice. If you count all of CoinTalk's forums they've already passed us in activity.
There are some up and coming forums as well as the four biggies.
One of the top reseachers in the hobby, RWB, posts ATS on a regular basis. You could chat with him any time, if you would care to go over there.
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Originally posted by: GotTheBug I also posted a thread about finding a silver dime in a Coinstar. So now people are going to rag on that?
I'd never rag on you. I just finding interesting the one would still crop up. A few years ago I spotted $190 face value in 90% silver half dollars at a local bank, and "bought" the lot. It was quite a find.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Originally posted by: cladking This is still the best coin site on the net even if we have lost much of our lead and some of our edginess.
I was just wondering if there was another forum with the some of the past members and edginess. Things were a riot in the past, but they did get out of hand more.
Of course many of the old members are at NGC now. They've always had a really good forum but it's slower and quieter. Some would say the signal to noise ratio is higher but coin noise doesn't bother me so I hardly notice. If you count all of CoinTalk's forums they've already passed us in activity.
There are some up and coming forums as well as the four biggies.
One of the top reseachers in the hobby, RWB, posts ATS on a regular basis. You could chat with him any time, if you would care to go over there.
I appreciate RWB a lot. He's very knowledgable loves to share. I really enjoyed his participation on the 1964-D Peace Dollar threads here with his expertise and research. And I do chat with him ATS, but that tends to be more limited as I spend more time here overall
Originally posted by: GotTheBug I also posted a thread about finding a silver dime in a Coinstar. So now people are going to rag on that?
Nope. Just agreeing with the author here and making a comparison of the threads now. You finding a silver dime is nice, but metal detecting folks find them every day. Maybe we can get those folks to start a thread every time they dig one out! The forums will be alive once again!
Originally posted by: winky I know this is a repeat topic but it is sad. I guess I will only check it once every 2 or 3 days, nothing ever new anymore.
Sad, Sad, Sad.
Agree, far too many whiney posts saying how bad the forum is, and folks tellin' us they're all done buyin' coins anymore, right Winky?
I would post some lovely coins but this mac book pro just won't let me so there you are.
There are experts here who specialize in many different areas of collecting. You can ask a question about any coin, token, books or auctions and someone will have the answer. You can post a picture of a coin and ask for opinions on grade, toning, appearance or A possible error and you will get expert opinions.
When I started collecting there was nothing even close to this.
And it's FREE!
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I know this is a repeat topic but it is sad. I guess I will only check it once every 2 or 3 days, nothing ever new anymore.
Sad, Sad, Sad.
Could the computer issue be age related along with your view of the board? It looks like you are close to 70 years old and you may be viewing things from a diminished reality.
When the market is good more people collect and build sets, even average people dug deep to build nice registry sets, and a lot of collectors posted here regularly.
When the market is thin, like it is now, less people are building sets, cannot dig deep enough cause nice coins are selling for stupendous money while mediocre coins are trying to cling on to life.
If the market perks up and people can once again dig deep to build registry sets, you'll see this place pop back to its former glory.
Originally posted by: Wabbit2313 With the average age of the members here just shy of 100, they can't figure out the new software. For those that could, they chose not to.
In my small town, the popular bar decided to do a complete remodel. It is now a ghost town in there. Just lost the old feel it had with the modern look.
The young ones, with their fancy smartphone friendly software, are now in charge. They will post the threads about finding the silver dime in the coinstar.
I think there are more introverts here than there are extroverts. There was a time when we had more of the latter but unfortunately, most have been banned.
For me, I'm an ambivert, 'cause I enjoy the best of both worlds ......wherever they exist..........but not here though.
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As the world economy crashed a few times over the past 15 or 20 years , the easy money and lots of jobs have
disappeared from the US Economy. Lots of people are too busy putting food on the table and finding a roof than
putting shiney jingle into a Safe.
Of course the rich are all getting richer but they are buying things other than Coins. The ones that might be buying
Coins might not frequent these boards.
Well said FullStrike. Your comments struck a chord with me.
Looks like OP has too much time .. only 18 months on forum but yet knows what the forum was like many moons ago
Absolutely no correlation between join date and when someone began reading CU.
This is still the best coin site on the net even if we have lost much of our lead and some of our edginess.
I was just wondering if there was another forum with the some of the past members and edginess. Things were a riot in the past, but they did get out of hand more.
Of course many of the old members are at NGC now. They've always had a really good forum but it's slower and quieter. Some would say the signal to noise ratio is higher but coin noise doesn't bother me so I hardly notice. If you count all of CoinTalk's forums they've already passed us in activity.
There are some up and coming forums as well as the four biggies.
One of the top reseachers in the hobby, RWB, posts ATS on a regular basis. You could chat with him any time, if you would care to go over there.
I also posted a thread about finding a silver dime in a Coinstar. So now people are going to rag on that?
I'd never rag on you. I just finding interesting the one would still crop up. A few years ago I spotted $190 face value in 90% silver half dollars at a local bank, and "bought" the lot. It was quite a find.
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This is still the best coin site on the net even if we have lost much of our lead and some of our edginess.
I was just wondering if there was another forum with the some of the past members and edginess. Things were a riot in the past, but they did get out of hand more.
Of course many of the old members are at NGC now. They've always had a really good forum but it's slower and quieter. Some would say the signal to noise ratio is higher but coin noise doesn't bother me so I hardly notice. If you count all of CoinTalk's forums they've already passed us in activity.
There are some up and coming forums as well as the four biggies.
One of the top reseachers in the hobby, RWB, posts ATS on a regular basis. You could chat with him any time, if you would care to go over there.
I appreciate RWB a lot. He's very knowledgable loves to share. I really enjoyed his participation on the 1964-D Peace Dollar threads here with his expertise and research. And I do chat with him ATS, but that tends to be more limited as I spend more time here overall
I also posted a thread about finding a silver dime in a Coinstar. So now people are going to rag on that?
Nope. Just agreeing with the author here and making a comparison of the threads now. You finding a silver dime is nice, but metal detecting folks find them every day. Maybe we can get those folks to start a thread every time they dig one out! The forums will be alive once again!
I know this is a repeat topic but it is sad. I guess I will only check it once every 2 or 3 days, nothing ever new anymore.
Sad, Sad, Sad.
Agree, far too many whiney posts saying how bad the forum is, and folks tellin' us they're all done buyin' coins anymore, right Winky?
I would post some lovely coins but this mac book pro just won't let me so there you are.
"A good craftsman never blames his tools."
There are experts here who specialize in many different areas of collecting. You can ask a question about any coin, token, books or auctions and someone will have the answer. You can post a picture of a coin and ask for opinions on grade, toning, appearance or A possible error and you will get expert opinions.
When I started collecting there was nothing even close to this.
And it's FREE!
Successful BST deals with mustangt and jesbroken. Now EVERYTHING is for sale.
This forum is a huge, living numismatic brain.
There are experts here who specialize in many different areas of collecting.
THIS!!!!
I know this is a repeat topic but it is sad. I guess I will only check it once every 2 or 3 days, nothing ever new anymore.
Sad, Sad, Sad.
Could the computer issue be age related along with your view of the board? It looks like you are close to 70 years old and you may be viewing things from a diminished reality.
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In the last 10 years, much has changed.
When the market is good more people collect and build sets, even average people dug deep to build nice registry sets, and a lot of collectors posted here regularly.
When the market is thin, like it is now, less people are building sets, cannot dig deep enough cause nice coins are selling for stupendous money while mediocre coins are trying to cling on to life.
If the market perks up and people can once again dig deep to build registry sets, you'll see this place pop back to its former glory.
For now...we wait and keep each other company
And the company ain't half bad
With the average age of the members here just shy of 100, they can't figure out the new software. For those that could, they chose not to.
In my small town, the popular bar decided to do a complete remodel. It is now a ghost town in there. Just lost the old feel it had with the modern look.
The young ones, with their fancy smartphone friendly software, are now in charge. They will post the threads about finding the silver dime in the coinstar.
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For me, I'm an ambivert, 'cause I enjoy the best of both worlds ......wherever they exist..........but not here though.
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The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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