Would you like to see a EXONUMIA forum?

Broadstruck

Now that PCGS grades just about every Token & Medal under the sun...



Wouldn't a dedicated Exonumia Forum make sense

keets

I can't really see a need for it. there are enough threads started here and enough members who collect Exonumia that they get attention, but I believe a dedicated forum would be very quiet.

LanceNewmanOCC

Originally posted by: Broadstruck

Wouldn't a dedicated Exonumia Forum make sense

i dont know how active it would be but id like to see one.

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ms70

Definitely. That way everyone can post Exonumia in the coin forum along with their darkside stuff.

ricko

Al has a point about activity, however, like any museum, it might be nice to see it all

in one place. I do read all the exonumia threads anyway....Cheers, RickO

Smittys

YES

Weiss

Nope.

TwoSides2aCoin

Most people associate rather well without any more bifurcating of the hobby.

keets

Definitely. That way everyone can post Exonumia in the coin forum along with their darkside stuff.



when I read the thread title I was surprised something such as this hadn't already been posted. most advanced collections have some sort of non-standard-coin items included, whether that's encased postage, tokens or medals, presidential/political items or stuff like peace medals. if a strict refusal of "US coins only" were enforced here I suspect we'd see participation drop and arguments begin over what can be posted.



the best advice is to just avoid threads that don't interest you.

keets

LindeDad

No I would go there about as often as I go to the Stamp Forum which is never.

TomB

I don't think that would be a good idea.



My opinion is that we have a fragmented board already (US coins, foreign coins, precious metals, Registry and whatever else) and that participation lessens in any particular board the more that the overall forum is teased apart. If anything, I would suggest that some boards get folded back into the mail US coin forum so that more folks might see and read them and, therefore, they may get more action.

LindeDad

Originally posted by: TomB

I don't think that would be a good idea.



My opinion is that we have a fragmented board already (US coins, foreign coins, precious metals, Registry and whatever else) and that participation lessens in any particular board the more that the overall forum is teased apart. If anything, I would suggest that some boards get folded back into the mail US coin forum so that more folks might see and read them and, therefore, they may get more action.

there only 67 members logged on at this time on all the forums.

cladking

There would certainly be some advantages to having such a forum and I used to be a big proponent. If it were toincrease participation on the message boards I'd still be a proponent but I'm not confident it would have much effect any longer. We'd no longer see some of the great medals posted on this forum and that would be a huge loss especially for those individuals who wouldn't read the exonuumia forum.



There're a lot of tie-ins between coins, tokens, and medals and if all exonumia were posted elsewhere this relationship would be less visible.



Certainly before PCGS starts grading chuckee cheese and bus tokens there must be such a forum.

291fifth

I'm afraid it would quickly become Stamp Forum II.

garrynot

I've posted coins and Exonumia and I like both in the same forum. Members would be debating about using two Copper for the Weekend threads, etc.

TPRC

Originally posted by: TomB

My opinion is that we have a fragmented board already (US coins, foreign coins, precious metals, Registry and whatever else) and that participation lessens in any particular board the more that the overall forum is teased apart. If anything, I would suggest that some boards get folded back into the mail US coin forum so that more folks might see and read them and, therefore, they may get more action.

I agree with this. With declining participation, I think the top 7 categories could be distilled to one or two (including foreign and ancients), with separate categories for buy/sell.

ranshdow

Yes.

NumisOxide

Yes

johnny9434

sure why not. if it does not work get rid of it.

Icollecteverything

For me it would not matter, I would always check both forums. But I think some people would only check the US forum and miss out on some great collectibles that they could become interested in.



The Redbook which is called "A Guide Book of United States Coins" (1986 version) includes Civil War Tokens, Private and Territorial Gold, Colonial and State issues, Washington Tokens and other issues that are not from the US Mint. Most of these tokens did circulate here and were used as money. Do we really want no posting of any of these types on the "US Forum"?

EXOJUNKIE

Yes, of course!!!

PerryHall

Originally posted by: ricko

Al has a point about activity, however, like any museum, it might be nice to see it all

in one place. I do read all the exonumia threads anyway....Cheers, RickO

cmerlo1

I like my exonumia and coins like I like my drinks. MIXED!

Bochiman

I'm more of a purist in these matters and I prefer them to not clutter the USCF.

I am ok if I 'miss' something that I 'could' become interested in.



If it goes the way of the stamp forum, then maybe that tells others that what interests them doesn't interest many other people. Nothing wrong with that, but it would surely put some of the thinking in the right place.....

Goldbully

We don't need anymore thinning of the herd.

keyman64

If we did that, I would seldom see Broadstruck's posts and he wouldn't be able to post that stuff on the US Coin Forum for Copper for the Weekend.

Bochiman

I'm sure there'd be substitutions



And, I really doubt it would be any real "thinning"

TwoSides2aCoin

I make a motion that this become the OFFICIAL EXONUMIA THREAD, in lieu of another forum.

Musky1011

Yes

CuKevin

Originally posted by: ms70
Definitely. That way everyone can post Exonumia in the coin forum along with their darkside stuff.

CuKevin

Originally posted by: TomB
I don't think that would be a good idea.

My opinion is that we have a fragmented board already (US coins, foreign coins, precious metals, Registry and whatever else) and that participation lessens in any particular board the more that the overall forum is teased apart. If anything, I would suggest that some boards get folded back into the mail US coin forum so that more folks might see and read them and, therefore, they may get more action.

I would prefer to see this than a dedicated exonumia section. I like the diversity of posts and what I learn from them.

Mark

I agree with TomB and CuKevin. Indeed, I'd like to see the Registry board discontinued and the posts moved back to the US coin forum. When the Registry forum was created, the number of registry posts was just a bit less than the number of US coin posts and both were much greater than is presently the case, so the separation made sense. But since then the number of posts on the Registry forum have dropped way down. I'd prefer to see them posted here, where I have a greater chance of reading them before they are 3 weeks old when I happen to glance over at the Registry forum.

ThePennyLady

As an avid exonumia collector, I agree with Tom and CuKevin in that I like having a more general diverse forum, so that we don't have to bounce back and forth between various forums. I think it's more educational to see the various types of coins and even medals on a main forum.

coindeuce

Why, yes. Then I could show DCarr what I prefer to own. Like this:

Lakesammman

Nah - some of the exonumia is interesting and I'd never visit another forum. It would dead end like the registry and stamp forums.



Here's some neat exonumia.......I think......

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keets

Why, yes. Then I could show DCarr what I prefer to own. Like this



this is an interesting point. it would mean that non-coins being pictured or discussed at the US Forum, the DCarr issues included, would be an enforced no-no and should be at the new Exonumia forum. some respondents to this thread might be disappointed. let the thinning begin.

Justacommeman

Originally posted by: ThePennyLady

As an avid exonumia collector, I agree with Tom and CuKevin in that I like having a more general diverse forum, so that we don't have to bounce back and forth between various forums. I think it's more educational to see the various types of coins and even medals on a main forum.

Yep. No separate exonumia forum



mark

silverpop

we really don't need another forum



US and world coin forums cover tokens and such easy

TwoSides2aCoin

Show me your exonumia and I'll enjoy it, too.

keets

here are two aluminum SC$'s from an era when that metal was quite costly due to refinery requirements. I threw in a pesky coin so the post content fits the forum for purists.

Flatwoods

Very nice, Keets ! I'll take all 3 please.

habaraca

YES

DCW

While I'd like to see an exonumia forum, I share the same concerns as others about the activity of such a sub-forum. I think potential future exonumia collectors might never see the cool things that are always being posted in the US Coin forum.

I'm sure many have already been turned on to tokens and medals simply by stumbling across a thread here.

Zoins

Originally posted by: Flatwoods

Very nice, Keets ! I'll take all 3 please.

Beautiful pieces Keets!

messydesk

No. The amount of traffic on this forum isn't unmanageable, and I don't think the forums would benefit from further balkanization.

CommemDude

No additional categories: how about 2 forums just like Stamps? US Coins and BST US Coins.

It would be great if posters would be specific in their titles so that we can skip posts we don't want to read... e.g., no more "WHAT IF...." postings

DaveWcoins

Originally posted by: TomB

I don't think that would be a good idea.



My opinion is that we have a fragmented board already (US coins, foreign coins, precious metals, Registry and whatever else) and that participation lessens in any particular board the more that the overall forum is teased apart. If anything, I would suggest that some boards get folded back into the mail US coin forum so that more folks might see and read them and, therefore, they may get more action.

+1

DeliaBug

Why not just rename this forum to 'U. S. Numismatics'