Hi Jj W,
I
hope you are
still here to read this because I don't want you to feel you should leave the
forum because this is simply the best coin
forum on the Internet. Sometimes people here can be brutally honest and that may come across as rudeness, I can understand that a new person might take some things that way. I would also not disagree that there are perhaps too many rules. LOL. But, I also realize that maybe all these rules keep this a very serious site devoted to
ancient coins and you are not going to find the level of expertise that is here anywhere else. I am constantly amazed by the
quality of posts here and how many true experts there are who give their advice and knowledge freely. There is very little of this on the Internet any longer. And this is indeed a
forum that is focused on intellectual aspects of coin collecting and the
history of
ancient coins, as well as
identification help and an extensive
fake coin repository that protects us all. Anyway, I just wanted to say you and all serious collectors are welcome here. Hang in there, those who you think might have been rude are just passionate about this
field and a few are old curmudgeons like me with not enough tact. This
forum is provided by Joe, who has a
coin shop, but the
forum is not about
his shop and
his coins for sale, it is separate. Yet, we do understand that he is providing a service to us at
his own expense and I understand why there are rules about other sellers. I would actually pay to be a member here if that was needed to keep this
Forum going, it is that important to me. So, I buy coins from
his shop when he has ones I want and that I can afford. And I am very comfortable in knowing I will get authentic coins when I do so. It is a win-win as I see it and I buy coins from other places, as well.
Anyway, I
hope you stick around.
Regards,
Virgil