Sub Forum For All These ID Posts Would Be Nice

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MartiVltori Pillar of the Community United States 870 Posts	Posted 05/22/2021 10:44 pm Does this board support sub forums? Sure would be nice for all of these "Please identify this huge list of cull quality/outright fake coins of mine". Not sure when this trend started but seems like lately I have to scroll through many pages of them just to read a few interesting posts. Sorry....rant over. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/23/2021 12:22 am Even if I start a sub forum they will still all wind up in the main forum. We already have one for fake coins that never seems to get used. There are a lot of new collectors on the board that are excited about their new late Roman coin. Most of what I've seen lately are so far gone that identification is iffy at best. Until these new collectors gain experience and find out that they can buy coins in much better condition for very little money. We will keep seeing these less than perfect coins. I have no problem helping, but there does come a time when the only thing that is being posted is to ID their coins. With all the information available on the web and even on our forum, especially in the Books, downloads, and website and Fake coin sticky section. Which appears to go unchecked, they could start to ID their coins on their own. Their have also been from time to time those that use our forum and post coins that are fake, just to see if they will pass our inspection. If it does than they go on the market. We usually catch on to them in a short time and they are removed from the board. I know it can be frustrating, but we are a community that prides ourselves on helping our fellow collectors, so we need to have a little patience. Report this Post to the Staff
SamVimes Valued Member Georgia 166 Posts	Posted 05/23/2021 05:20 am I am one of those newbies applying for your help from time to time. I do apologize, if my posts are annoying and/or boring, but rest assured that I do all that I can to id coins on my own through sources available to me and only once I'm truly stuck - I come here. And huge thanks to everyone, who has been patient and kind and helped me in identifying the coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 05/23/2021 07:00 am Quote: we are a community that prides ourselves on helping our fellow collectors Well stated Ron! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/23/2021 09:40 am As rants go, that was pretty tepid, MartiVltori. I can understand your feelings but I hope everyone continues to feel welcome to post whatever ancient-coin-related issues/questions they want. I think that, even if there is a solid rationale for creating subforums, there isn't really the amount of traffic here for them to work well. That leaves us with a catch-all forum, of course. Some will like that, some won't. But these things (topic themes) seem to be cyclical, in any event. There are periods where a lot of people, including enthusiastic newbies, need ID'ing and authentication done (we are happy to help, as possible), other periods where show-and-tell and research-based posts seem to take the lead. There used to be some games added in too - I think I joined CCF, years ago, in the midst of a two-hundred-plus-page-long "Guess the Emperor Revised" thread - that was a lot of fun. Anyway, that's my 2 cents. Can you please tell me if it's real? Report this Post to the Staff
MartiVltori Pillar of the Community United States 870 Posts	Posted 05/23/2021 09:56 am Thanks for the well thought out replies. Honestly, not a huge issue. Occasionally an extremely interesting piece comes up in an ID thread also. Report this Post to the Staff
micha Valued Member Cyprus 385 Posts	Posted 05/23/2021 4:46 pm On every coin there are two sides. Marti is right from his point of view. But on the other hand this forum helped me learn a lot and after some months of using the forum I manage to ID many of my ancient greek coins without asking help and I only post when I can't find a coin after searching a lot or I am not sure. I also want to thank all the guys who are helping me from time to time and especially Bob, with his amazing knowledge and good will, helped me improve my ID skills. Sadly english are not my first language and no matter I have a lot of knowledge in greek mythology is not easy for me to start topics. In the meanwhile I am collecting info for Nymphs and Amazons (including coinage) but everything is in greek. This forum is very healthy and I feel lucky to be a part of it and I want to thank you all. Report this Post to the Staff
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