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New to the boards...and I finally found my niche!
ddink
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I've made a few posts on other threads, but this is my official "I'm new to the boards" thread! Permit me to introduce myself:
My name is David Dinkins (NOT the former mayor of New York =P), I'm 21 and will be graduating this May with a B.A. in History and will pursue an M.B.A. I am a writer of strategy guides for online role-playing games (I work for http://www.powerguides.com)--talk about a great job...getting paid to play games and write about them!) and am presently writing for Shadowbane (I can't wait until Worlds of Warcraft comes out). I have always had a passion for coin collecting but never had much money to spend on the hobby (unfortunately I still don't--but maybe once school is paid for I will). My grandmother bought me my first coin, a 1943 merc, at a flea market when I was 8 and I've been hooked every since. For awhile I bought raw coins at shows, usually in the $10-$50 range, but I had a terribly difficult time grading them and invariably overgraded everything. Even the A.N.A. book didn't help.
Eventually I wound up selling these coins and I found out about PCGS & NGC. I bought a lovely light golden toned 1937-S Buffalo nickel (MS66) as well as a very attractive pastel toned MS63 Morgan (1885-O). Shortly thereafter, however, I stopped buying new coins, simply because I couldn't find my niche. I just didn't know what to collect. I thought about a type set and I love the 1955/55 Lincoln cent as well as the 1909-S VDB, but I don't have enough money to purchase one. Looking back at my toned Morgan, and seeing some nice toned coins in the BST forums, I think I've decided that my "niche" is in toned coins. What is more wonderful than a beautiful coin with beautiful toning? I mean the "classic" designs are so much more attractive than the whole "dead president" thing we've got going now. Forgive me, but I'm something of a political cynic: of the presidents I consider truly "great"--Washington for being the first; Polk, Taylor, Pierce, and Buchanan for holding together the Union; Lincoln for being (among less attractive things) a masterful politician--only two of them ever made it onto our coins! I prefer the classic pictures of Liberty, in all her myriad "poses."
I just wanted to share some of my excitement with all of you. For a long time I've lurked these boards and learned as much as I could, but I never could figure out how to start collecting again--I saw so many coins I liked, but nothing rekindled that passion. Finally I think I've found what I've been looking for! Thanks for letting me share this with all of ya'll. Take care!
EDIT: FDR was okay too =D
My name is David Dinkins (NOT the former mayor of New York =P), I'm 21 and will be graduating this May with a B.A. in History and will pursue an M.B.A. I am a writer of strategy guides for online role-playing games (I work for http://www.powerguides.com)--talk about a great job...getting paid to play games and write about them!) and am presently writing for Shadowbane (I can't wait until Worlds of Warcraft comes out). I have always had a passion for coin collecting but never had much money to spend on the hobby (unfortunately I still don't--but maybe once school is paid for I will). My grandmother bought me my first coin, a 1943 merc, at a flea market when I was 8 and I've been hooked every since. For awhile I bought raw coins at shows, usually in the $10-$50 range, but I had a terribly difficult time grading them and invariably overgraded everything. Even the A.N.A. book didn't help.
Eventually I wound up selling these coins and I found out about PCGS & NGC. I bought a lovely light golden toned 1937-S Buffalo nickel (MS66) as well as a very attractive pastel toned MS63 Morgan (1885-O). Shortly thereafter, however, I stopped buying new coins, simply because I couldn't find my niche. I just didn't know what to collect. I thought about a type set and I love the 1955/55 Lincoln cent as well as the 1909-S VDB, but I don't have enough money to purchase one. Looking back at my toned Morgan, and seeing some nice toned coins in the BST forums, I think I've decided that my "niche" is in toned coins. What is more wonderful than a beautiful coin with beautiful toning? I mean the "classic" designs are so much more attractive than the whole "dead president" thing we've got going now. Forgive me, but I'm something of a political cynic: of the presidents I consider truly "great"--Washington for being the first; Polk, Taylor, Pierce, and Buchanan for holding together the Union; Lincoln for being (among less attractive things) a masterful politician--only two of them ever made it onto our coins! I prefer the classic pictures of Liberty, in all her myriad "poses."
I just wanted to share some of my excitement with all of you. For a long time I've lurked these boards and learned as much as I could, but I never could figure out how to start collecting again--I saw so many coins I liked, but nothing rekindled that passion. Finally I think I've found what I've been looking for! Thanks for letting me share this with all of ya'll. Take care!
EDIT: FDR was okay too =D
I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."
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Bulldog
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...and since your job seems SO grand.... and since you'll get this here eventually... here is your first... you suck!
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Lots of smart folks on here! LOTS and plenty of help and opinions too.
bhsalesman
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Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
I love when a new member joins, tells a little about themselves and their interests, and is excited about joining in. You obviously seem to be, so have at it.
Clankeye
Hey! Ya gotta like Ike!
but something needs to be done with those already made.
Now for my disagreement with you. If Buchanan were not such a lousy President, we may not have had the Civil War. Buchanan sucks!
Welcome aboard!
Robert
to hear from.
Al
<< <i>Now for my disagreement with you. If Buchanan were not such a lousy President, we may not have had the Civil War. Buchanan sucks! >>
A good point. Had Buchanan taken swift, strong action the war definitely would not have lasted long. Over 75% of the soon-to-be Confederate soldiers didn't even have weapons! However, going back through Battle Cry of Freedom I have the feeling that the Civil War was inevitable. In fact last night I had a realization: the sectional tensions would eventually have come to a head even without slavery. Remember the nullification crisis? At that point, sectional tensions were flaring not over slavery, but over the tariff. Later, of course, as more people began to realize the evils of slavery and began to oppose it, the political issues would change. Fortunately that's all over now. Today's Southerners eschew slavery and consider that no part of their identity as children of the South. They refer to "heritage" not hate, to noblesse oblige, to chivalric values--that is how they identify themselves today. Unfortunately, that's not the way they chose to identify themselves at back then. The most ironic thing is that, at the end of the war so many (mistakenly) believe was fought over slavery, the Confederacy put in motion plans to free their slaves (that is, acting on the Cleburne plan). If not for the cotton gin, slavery likely would have died anyway. I just find it so unfortunate that such an otherwise noble heritage is tainted by the evils of slavery. But that's history!
Thank you all for the warm comments! I'm glad to become a part of this community.
Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you sumthin' . . . . that ain't an optical illusion, it only looks like an optical illusion.
My mind reader refuses to charge me. . . . . . .