Another forum/site? gasp....

InYHWHWeTrust · September 3, 2004 1:18AM

Has anyone here cut their teeth in coin discussion group elsewhere as robust as this site, that...
deals more with raw, lower grade, noncertified US coins. Thinking of young collectors, or noobs, those with lower budgets and/or different goals than most of the folks here? or is this an oxymoron, like "military intelligence" or "honest attorney".

it is fun to see how the other half lives here, though.

thanks!

Coinerww · September 3, 2004 1:21AM

I don't know of any, but if you find any. please PM their websites to me.

Gonfunko · September 3, 2004 1:22AM

<< <i>I don't know of any, but if you find any. please PM their websites to me. >>

I'll second that.

kranky · September 3, 2004 1:26AM

Do you mean sites where people buy/sell raw, lower grade, noncertified stuff, or sites where people discuss those types of coins? If it's discussion, I feel I speak for many others here when I say that there's no reason not to be able to discuss any level of collecting here. There's room here for every type of collector.

Gonfunko · September 3, 2004 1:31AM

<<Do you mean sites where people buy/sell raw, lower grade, noncertified stuff, or sites where people discuss those types of coins? If it's discussion, I feel I speak for many others here when I say that there's no reason not to be able to discuss any level of collecting here. There's room here for every type of collector. >>

You're right - this site is great for any type of coin discussion, but the BST has very few coins I can afford ($50 and under, roughly) that aren't very graded very low or moderns. There are even fewer in the series I enjoy.

JrGMan2004 · September 3, 2004 1:37AM

I frequent a Bust forum, because frankly, there are very few experts here on these forums in the area that I am interested in... so I go over there often, and have just about stopped sharing my purchases here, because of the non-expert opinions I often get...

XpipedreamR · September 3, 2004 1:46AM

I have trouble handling more than one coin message board. I have trouble handling one message board

kranky · September 3, 2004 1:51AM

<< <i>the BST has very few coins I can afford ($50 and under, roughly) that aren't very graded very low or moderns. There are even fewer in the series I enjoy. >>

Have you tried a Wanted-to-buy thread?

dorkkarl · September 3, 2004 1:54AM

there are 2 that i lurk occasionally, on ebay, & on google. also, check out the 1 at coinworld, www.collectitcorner.com

K S

Barry · September 3, 2004 2:35AM

Check out rec.collecting.coins. It's an unmoderated newgroup, not a "board" sponsored by someone or an organization.
Being unmoderated, there are some trolls, spammers, and plain old idiots there, but overall, I like it. There are a bunch of RCCers who also post here, myself included. RCC is also (now) famous for being fodder for the ACG lawsuit.

cladking · September 3, 2004 2:57AM

Google is pretty good for newbies but there is a real troll problem. At least at
google discussion of all coin related subjects is allowed.

cladking · September 3, 2004 2:58AM

Cointalk is also an excellent site with a good mixture of beginning and advanced collectors.

Obviously this site is the best though.

jhar · September 3, 2004 3:35AM

Most of my coin purchases are $50 and under. I have only bought 3 coins that were over $100. I buy what I like with what I have. When that is $50 I spend $50. The rare occasions I have more than that I spend accrodingly. I have a very modest collection of less than 50 coins total with one quarter of that being Morgans. I have a total of 12 certified coins, 5 of those being Morgans.

I talk about whatever I want here with a tempering of subject and content to hopefully ask meaningful questions and give relevent answers. My Coin knowledge is limited but growing, yet I still feel I have a lot to offer this forum. Don't be intimidated by the members who can sink thousands of dollars into newps and the members who are working on the #1 registry collections. You can post all you want. I for one would like to see some more discussion of coins like you described above. If you post somewhere else you lessen the impact of this place.

flaminio · September 3, 2004 4:00AM

I miss the old Numisaddict site. They indulged in the lower grade, noncertified stuff. It was a fun place.

Myqqy · September 3, 2004 4:03AM

I go over there often, and have just about stopped sharing my purchases here, because of the non-expert opinions I often get...

What sort of non-expert opinions do you get about bust coins??

Hobbyist · October 1, 2005 1:28PM

Never mind...

Accidently revived thread.

pharmer · October 1, 2005 1:49PM

Later that same century, Myqqy was relieved to learn that he had not killed the thread after all.

HTubbs · October 1, 2005 1:53PM

There's always the NGC Boards

Hobbyist · October 1, 2005 2:02PM

<< <i>Later that same century, Myqqy was relieved to learn that he had not killed the thread after all. >>

My bad! I was searching for stuff, had several windows open and didn't realize the thread was over a year old!

Stuart · October 1, 2005 2:06PM

Not me.

Another forum/site? gasp....

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