Disappointed With Topic Responses

I really appreciate moxking's grading opinions:
Technical grade ##
Eye appeal #/10
The occasional call out of issues.

I learn a lot about grading from his posts.

I haven't been posting much in Grading forums lately, but I apologize if I have offended anyone with my opinions in the recent or not-so-recent past. There have been many valid points raised in this thread & I hope more people get the chance to see it and respond to it or share their insight.

Perhaps, as a community, if we feel someone is being excessively unreasonable, hostile, rude, or demeaning, we owe it to our community to report those posts or perhaps just send the individual a PM explaining why you feel that way. I'm not a big fan of "public shaming" on forums and I hope it stays away from CCF since I have seen it so often elsewhere. For instance, someone above mentioned that there were two posters who seem to be overly critical and negative -- has anyone tried sending them a PM to let them know? Perhaps they are not aware of how their posts are coming across to others.

I will also mention again that there are a wide range of collectors in our Family ranging from novices to YNs to advanced collectors, seasoned pros, and even dealers and sellers. All of those folks have different views on how they grade a coin or what they think of it. That being said, as a community, we should never be reluctant to share that opinion, even when it runs contrary to everyone else's, out of fear that we might offend someone else. I'd hate to see contrary opinions suffocated by some arbitrary standard that dictates that only "positive" opinions are acceptable when reviewing a coin posted for grading. If you, as a poster, cannot handle even the slightest bit of criticism, constructive or otherwise; or if you are looking for an echo-chamber of "me too" yes-men to wildly praise your every purchase and trade -- then perhaps the Grading forums are not suitable for you.

The responses in this thread say so much about this forum and the individuals who constitute the Coin Community family. From the moderators who have something positive to say about every single new acquisition posted to the regulars who are always willing to share their knowledge, I feel very fortunate to have discovered this site.
As with any public forum, there will always be a few that have very little to offer but still feel the need to contribute and not always in a positive way. Those comments become insignificant when rebutted by those who actually have some knowledge to share.
Chesterb, what I am trying to say is that this community is stronger with contributors such as you.
Bruce

With one of these users it would be absolutely futile. A nasty argument will ensue that will result with the user hurling insults, making ridiculous accusations, and calling you names. Mods end up taking down the posts. Been there done that as have other members who have seniority over me. I've noticed some of them no longer offer grading opinions. Bill Jones doesn't even post on this site anymore which sucks because he has a ton of experience and I really valued his opinion. You can still find him on the PCGS forum.

I would say to Chester and any others to not let a couple bad apples suppress your voice. I'm guilty as well. I haven't been as active in the grading section as I should be. That's about to change.

The exact same thing Chester is referring to just occurred in the grading section. I swatted it down.

We need to start paying more attention to that section.

SilverDollar2017 -- one of the points of the grading section is to help yourself, and others, learn how to grade coins. We do not want to discourage people from posting who are not familiar with grading -- in fact, those are the people who need the most help. I don't mind venturing forth with grades on coins I'm not that familiar with (gold, Buffalo nickels, Franklin halves, etc.) just because I know the other responses will help me learn to grade those series. In addition, thanks to PCGS Photograde, everyone has the chance to at least gain a passing familiarity with grading.

Hey guys,

I guess here is an opinion of a "new to coins" but far from new to collecting perspective. Grandpa had 4 major things in his life, family,stamps,coins and military. I picked up the military and have been very active in the WWI and WWII collecting since the late 70s. So while I don't know coins, the hobbies/forums are eerie similar.

I notice some names in here of people that went out of their way IMO to give me advice and that I appreciate!

I also understand that you get overloaded with "my dad gave me a shoe box and now I'm rich" threads and it gets frustrating.We should never judge a collector by their posts, heck I had one fellow state that I had maybe a "couple thousand" in my collection....The 3 complete box sets of the 1992 Platinum cougars are worth more than that...so you never know.

With that said

-Welcoming was awesome, did not like the fact of my thread being moved from introduce yourself to the main forum but that was someone else s call.

-Canada grading - Didn't have a problem per say. I can feel the frustration because I am new. I did get a lot of responses but like mentioned hardly any with a reason why. I also noticed that if I asked a question or made it known I was struggling to understand something, far and few between helped...well depending on the COIN. Nice rarer coins get more attention, of course. I don't mind "harsh" or "blunt" criticize, but I am use to that in my other hobby, I can see where some people might get their feelers hurt though.

-Variation section I will be honest and I feel like a complete idiot and don't even want to post there any longer. And yes, I use the search function, I use google, I use as much as I can but if I'm still not sure...You have the photobucket missing pics problem also LOL....darn photobucket!!

Just my first week view of things so far. Our hobbies have the same problems for the future, youth. I am finding neither is doing a good job of attracting them. No matter how rare that coin you have is. if no one is around that wants it. its just metal/

Happy hunting and thanks for the help you have given me.

ralfsnart,

The Canadian variety forum is not as active as the US forums, there are less collectors of varieties in Canada, and the ones we have, tend to focus on specific series of coins. Other times, the Canadian variety experts are busy working or on vacation (you really do notice when they are absent)




This should never happen. If it does, just click on the link on the bottom right of each post that says (Report this Post to the Staff).

Lastly, to CCF...