Finally, 1970 S! More Than One?

There's really NOTHING difficult about the subject. The diagnostics have been pointed out NUMEROUS times in the past month on various coins with decent images. The same person has been told on NUMEROUS occasions that they have a large date cent, and could have kept them as examples of such. The same person could have gone to the NUMEROUS resources here and elsewhere on the web looking for the answer, but no...it's FAR easier to post EVERY little thing here and have someone feed you a free answer than to bother trying to LEARN the subject by doing a little research.

The internet today provides SO MUCH useful information on this and other numismatic subjects, it amazes me how the SAME question gets asked here time and time and time again. Go back to the 1980s when I started and all we had - ALL we had - was a Red Book with small, non-helpful images and NO diagnostics. We somehow survived, learned, and made it through the barrier of not knowing what we were doing.

It would be one thing if this question were being asked by this person for the first, maybe second time...but I see a pattern that's obviously being missed by people who claim my deserved response is rude or unwarranted. This is a place for questions...true. I've had no problem answering questions when the answer is warranted. But this is NOT a place to come with EVERY 1970S cent you find posting every one of them for someone else to identify because YOU don't want to try figuring it out on your own. The difference between them is obvious once the diagnostics are pointed out, and well - they have been - PLENTY of times.

I'm pretty much done here. Have fun collecting, all...

One thing, as a new member who has just found it's usefulness, that has not been mentioned is the great searching feature of this site. The box is on the upper left with the GO next to it. Almost all of my questions have been answered here since I found it:)

Oh, so NOBODY else sees that this particular member continuously asks the SAME questions, has been kicked off here before and came back under an alt ID, and does NOT seem to read ANY of the posts teaching him what he's not finding...okay, no problem. And you people wonder why Bill doesn't post here any more, except on RARE occasion.

NOBODY here seems to think it's RUDE to ask a question, ignore knowledgeable answers, then come back time and time again wearing out the same questions continuously receiving the SAME answers, yet refuses to obtain quality examples to learn from with the excuse that there's not a local shop - no thought at all about supporting the people who have responded to him here.

That's just amazing. I guess I should join Bill and leave the non-rude patient people here with the same questions from the same people over and over again.

Numismatics is a LEARNING process. If you can't learn it, go do baseball cards or something. I'm not trying to be mean or rude, I'm just stating a fact. If you get into a subject you simply cannot understand, move on to something you CAN understand. That's all.

With regard to the statement about my forum. A few things:

1. We don't have the same person continually asking the same questions there, constantly ignoring the answers given.
2. I treat everyone the same. If they deserve a patient, detailed answer I give it. If they've already received the detailed answer, I give the short version.
3. I teach - and I enjoy it...but even in teaching there's a limit to how much attention can be given to one student who can't grasp concepts without dragging the rest of the class down with them.
4. I'm not sure what 'rants' you are talking about, but it matters little at this point. I'm pretty much done with this.
5. Many here seem to take a short, brief answer about something as being 'rude'. I don't....and I'm not sorry. If the material is here for the reading, I see repitition as unnecessary.


Just remember that sometimes the ONLY people who are willing to speak up and tell the TRUTH are the people who are persecuted the MOST. So painfully few people are willing to just speak up and chance being fire bombed by others by stating the obvious, and that's all I have done here. I don't sugar coat anything and don't "feel" the "need" to treat anyone in any way other than what they've brought onto themselves. I don't know how ANYONE can expect to ask the same questions over and over and expect everyone to continue answering the same questions with the same level of detail and patience. It's time some learning take place and some self-sufficient collecting happen.

I wish you ALL the best....peace out.

Just to be clear. Joe is NOT a previously banned member as some may speculate.

I suppose it's redundant to say anything at this point, BUT...
sometimes people also post questions simply to chat up with other collectors.
In other words--this coin forum is a "social network", as opposed to "anti-social network". And I like this place.
Nobody needs permission to ask a question--even if it's the 100th time.

I also mean no disrespect for any member asking questions on this forum. I do agree with Chuck however that multiple questions about the same coin from the same poster can get somewhat tiresome. If you remember a couple of months back I was personally berated by a CCF member for asking the question "What are you trying to show?". This response has been given sincerely many times by those of us trying to help by asking this very question. The individual that attacked me has left this forum, although he still posts on another one using a different name. As a final note to the thin skinned among us, chill out! This is supposed to be a FUN learning and social network.

one thing about online, you can't tell by the tone of their voice like you could if you were face to face when they are joking around. Some people aren't that good with writing down words so they don't get taken the wrong way. I have been in this situation many times where I was trying to make a funny and picking around but when it was read by some members they took it as a personal attack when in fact it was just said in jest but since all you do is read the comment and cant tell the expressions of the person its hard to tell if they are serious or saying things in a jokingly way