Another "Why the US Coin Forum is the BEST FORUM EVER" thread

renomedphys · January 30, 2013 7:38AM

1) The members here are among some of the most informed, experienced, and worldly people on the planet (at least when it comes to coins)

2) Commentary here isn't taken lightly. Just say something wrong, and see how fast you get corrected.

3) Nobody here forgets anything (at least when it comes to coins)

4) New members are wholeheartedly welcomed.

5) Exposure to unbelieveable material

6) Idiots are hazed out

Hmmm, what else?

Coinerww2 · January 30, 2013 7:40AM

Based on #2 let me say you are wrong

OldEastside · January 30, 2013 7:48AM

<< Based on #2 let me say you are wrong

>>

I don't know, I misspelled a word once, and I'll never do that again

Steve

CoinRaritiesOnline · January 30, 2013 7:50AM

It's free.

messydesk · January 30, 2013 7:54AM

7) The food doesn't suck.

fiveNdime · January 30, 2013 8:17AM

<< 3) Nobody here forgets anything (at least when it comes to coins) >>

i see many threads about forgetting where coins were last or finding coins that were forgotten years earlier.

EDIT=this was my 1000th post

coinsarefun · January 30, 2013 8:28AM

Don't see to many members visiting me on my forum, so I come here

ProofArtworkonCircs · January 30, 2013 1:36PM

8) There is more traffic here than other forums. Questions may get answered quicker.

braddick · January 30, 2013 1:41PM

<< 1) The members here are among some of the most informed, experienced, and worldly people on the planet (at least when it comes to coins)

2) Commentary here isn't taken lightly. Just say something wrong, and see how fast you get corrected.

3) Nobody here forgets anything (at least when it comes to coins)

4) New members are wholeheartedly welcomed.

5) Exposure to unbelieveable material

6) Idiots are hazed out

Hmmm, what else? >>

I don't know about that.
Just yesterday I thought a photo of a State quarter was that of a grease filled die and although I was wrong, I wasn't taken to the woodshed like other forums would have done.

Then again, the irony- I suppose one could argue I am correcting you as to what you wrote.

Now my head hurts.

lkeigwin · January 30, 2013 2:17PM

Another "Why the US Coin Forum is the BEST FORUM EVER" thread

Has anybody got it better than us? (sorry...niners fan)
Lance.

Justlooking · January 30, 2013 4:07PM

Seems like a genuinely nice group of people who want to help other collectors. I'd put it up against any message board on any topic.

LanceNewmanOCC · January 30, 2013 4:11PM

<< Seems like a genuinely nice group of people who want to help other collectors. I'd put it up against any message board on any topic. >>

i'll go with this and add just one thing

a few despotic dealers like myself sprinkled in here n there

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Onedollarnohollar · January 30, 2013 4:25PM

9) Unselfish giving of information (hot tips) for "what to buy when it comes out of the mint" i.e. 2008 gold buffalo fractional set, 2011 25th anniversary silver eagle set, etc.

or "errors to look for and score" i.e. 2008/2007 reverse eagles, Wisconsin hi/lo leaf, 2009 formative cent errors, etc.

Justlooking · January 30, 2013 5:09PM

I'll add that this forum has experts, real veteran experts, on just about every series, if not every series ... even holed coins.

Hard to beat.

Shamika · January 30, 2013 9:14PM

<< 6) Idiots are hazed out >>

Funny you should say this. Just the other day I was speaking with a fellow enthusiast and I made the comment that the Forum is very good at running off the wackos.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 30, 2013 9:59PM

It was better.
I don't wish to be negative, so I won't start naming names of MIAs.

braddick · January 30, 2013 10:23PM

<< 

<< 6) Idiots are hazed out

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Funny you should say this. Just the other day I was speaking with a fellow enthusiast and I made the comment that the Forum is very good at running off the wackos. >>

Speaking of, whatever happened to the fellow who asked many questions about his 1931-S Lincoln his grandfather left him who also, during this timeframe was selling the coin on eBay and advertising it as such on the BST forum (using another, totally unrelated story)?

And, the guy who came from a metal detecting forum caught up in hijinks and shenanigans?

As entertaining as they are, they do seem to crash and burn rapidly here. Kind of like a shooting star who is seen for a moment or two and then quickly fades away.
(Of course, there are always more shooting stars- sometimes from the same source ready to go the next evening after sunset when the twilight hours hit.

joeykoins · January 31, 2013 1:58AM

#10.Free lessons in how,when,why and why not to collect certain coins. Very informative answers in this particular forum.Like I stated many times,this is school.We're here not only to have fun and converse with one another but to learn.How to save,as well as,profit in our hobby,"the hobby of Kings"!

DorkGirl · January 31, 2013 2:42AM

How many fake coin auctions on ebay have we got shut down? How about wrong attributions in online auctions?

Cakes · January 31, 2013 3:29AM

I agree, much better here then other sections of the message board. Hell on the Sports Cards & Memorabilia BST a guy posted a complete graded 1968 Topps Football set for sale. Another member who was interested like myself asked what's the price and some fool responded if you have to ask you probably can't afford it. I was like WTH, it's about a 6K set and we cant even ask for a ballpark price to negoiate. On the coin BST you rarely see someone crap on anothers sellers thread.