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Well, thanks to jw for sending me all those Romans, I got an extra plastic flip. So then I thought, "Which of my 2x2'd coins should I put in it?" I decided on my Vespasian. When I broke him out, I thought it was a good time to take some better and improved pictures of it.  |
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Now that's a nice picture and a great coin. How does it feel to hold it in hand? Doesn't it capture the imagination as to who else may have held that coin? And now it's in your hand, nearly 2000 years later. Amazing.
JW
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Nice looking coin - I need to start looking beyond my currently self imposed time-frame limit of the 3rd and 4th century. I'm missing coins like this!
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 .......nice photos and nice coin.  |
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Thanks everyone! Truly appreciate the comments!  And jw, feels great to have it (or any of my other Romans) in my hands. It's awesome to be this close to actual history. |
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thats a nice coin, looks like you've been picking up some keepers lately.
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I really like Roman coins myself. Although, I never have owned one even in my old childhood collection. That's definitely a nice coin.
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I really like Roman coins myself. Although, I never have owned one even in my old childhood collection.  Perhaps you should stick around for a while. You might pick up the habit. It's a great hobby. And just think, you could own coins that are 2000 years old give or take a century or two. JW |
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I am certainly planning on sticking around for awhile. This place seems worthwhile to contribute to and to receive help as well. I've already learned quite a bit. Believe it, I would love to own coins that old. Right now they are out of my budget range, even on ebay. Most of them anyways. I am not as interested in other ancient coins that old, mostly Roman coins. |
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Ok, I just found a way to find cheaper ones from this site and on ebay by using the advanced function. |
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Right now they are out of my budget range I'm always busting my budget as I believe many others do as well. However, you don't have to with Ancients. We've had this discussion on other threads, but many Roman coins can be purchased in excellent shape for $3-$10. As an example, I purchased this coin of CLAUDIUS II (GOTHICUS)for $9.99 plus shipping:  And this coin of GRATIAN for $8.50  And this CRISPUS for $4.50  I could keep going to show how affordable this hobby can be. Now, to be honest, I have some coins that have cost me hundreds of dollars. But there is no reason to have to go there unless you want to. Take another look at buying some of these. In fact, I sent one of the other people on these threads a few of my duplicates earlier this week. I have one left. If you would like it, send me a PM with your contact information and you can have it for free. Regards, JW |
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Unfortunately, I don't see a PM feature. There is a send email but I tried that and I don't have enough posts to send one. But yes, I would really like to have that coin. Thanks so much for offering! Yes, I see that ancient coins are more affordable than what I thought. Although, I don't have an ebay account right now. Those coins you just posted are pretty nice. I like them. |
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I hope I'm not breaking any rules, but my email address is Send me an email with your address and the coin is yours.
JW
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I don't see anything in the rules stating that you can't give stuff away for free to people that have low post counts. It is quite clear about selling, trading and the like. Ok, thank you so much. I will send you an email real soon. |
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Like jw said, it's a great hobby, collecting Romans. For me it was a totally unexpected turn in my collecting habits. But I'm glad it happened. I too can speak from experience that they won't break the bank by collecting them. Most of the ones I've bought were relatively inexpensive (although my coin above cost me quite a bit of change). Anyways, welcome to Roman coin collecting! |
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Posted 10/21/2011 7:18 pm
