I recently created an account and participated in about 6 conversations in the forum. I was answering questions that users were asking about what their coins were worth. In a matter of about 30 minutes, the website stopped working for me and upon reload, I was notified that my account was banned.
I tried contacting CoinTalk.com through their form and I received no response.
It's 100% clear that the owners of CoinTalk.com provide no value to the numismatic community, they are just carpetbaggers who are making money off of your wasted time.
I am a legitimate coin collector and numismatist - I come up as the first person on Google when you search for "numismatist". The information I posted was genuinely helpful to the conversation threads.
This leads me to one conclusion - CointTalk (cointalk.com) must be a scam website, moderated by some person or team who is only using the website to spread fake news or promote their own products or business. Furthermore, after reading many threads, it was very clear that none of the conversations had any meaningful substance or helpful information related to coin collecting.
Do not waste your time with CoinTalk.com, it's completely useless and you will likely get banned.