The Sallent Award for Underprivileged Young And New Ancient Collectors

Whereas, inspired by the generosity of our most esteemed member @Magnus Maximus

Whereas, my area of focus has dramatically shifted since I first started collecting ancients

I hereby resolve to donate the following coins free of charge, with free shipping included (Offer applicable only within the territorial boundaries of the United States)

To any member, on a first come basis (post which coin you want below --only one per person) and , who meets the following criteria

1. Must be a young numismatist under the age of 30;
2. Or must be a new collector to ancient coins (6 months or less collecting ancients) with at least 60 posts on cointalk.com
3. and must be someone with low resources to devote to the hobby (In other words, if you can easily afford to spend $75 or more on a coin, please give someone less fortunate a chance to have these coins).

Coin #1:

Constantine I (ALREADY CLAIMED)


Coin #2

Constantius II (ALREADY CLAIMED)


Shipping may be a little slow, as I have a lot of work, but I'll get them shipped out within the next 2 weeks.

 

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We have good people on this forum!

 

Thanks for being so generous, Sallent!

Erin

 

Yes we do! My hat is off to @Sallent and @Magnus Maximus!

 

There better be some good YN's here!

 

These days I'm focusing on silver Greek and Roman issues, and silver Middle Eastern issues (pre-Islamic and Islamic). I guess deep down inside I'm still a bit of a silver bug (though now I collect instead of investing).

I have a few bronze ancients I collected when i was starting out, but as my silver collection grows they feel out of place. Honestly, they are not worth selling as they are $20-$30 coins, and giving them away to people who appreciate them seems like a nicer thing to do.

I have a few more bronze coins to give away, but I'll save that for another time.

Anyway, I'm surprised I have no takers yet

 

Constantine I is going to a young collector. Constantius II is still available

 

The SAUYANAC just rolls off the tongue.

Those are a couple of handsome coins going to good homes.

 

This forum always reminds me that there are definitely some cool people out there!

 

Very cool of both of you!

 

Both coins are now claimed. I will try to get them out in the mail on Saturday. I'll probably do another one of these giveways before the end of the year. I hope the two recipients will enjoy their new coins.

 

Yes, it was nice of you @Sallent; however, I have a problem since you did not include age challenged collectors.

Both coins are in excellent shape. It's not like you're giving away culls.

 

Kudos to you both @Sallent and @Magnus Maximus !!!

 

Nice work! It is easy to forget that there are a lot of nice people in the world.

 

Yeah, sorry about that Bing. I was just trying to do something nice for the new collectors. I'll ask Santa to keep you in mind come Christmas, in case he comes across anything interesting at his ancient coin dealer's shop in Coral Gables, FL. After all, I've benefited from tons of free knowledge thanks to you.

 

Nice gesture @Sallent ! The best to you, always!

 

Really?

 

You've had some interesting threads of Greek and Roman coins over the last 7 months that provided excellent historical insight on the time period those coins were minted...at least I thought they were very interesting read. I really liked the one on the coin from Sulla's time. Not to mention all the varieties of coins you share in the threads here. I've put a few coins in my want-list thanks to some of the images you've shared.

 

Well thank you. I'm blushing. Well, maybe not. But I feel like I learn something new everyday on this forum and many of my coins are a result of seeing like coins posted by others. But, I'll take the kudos. Thank you once again.

 

classy sir....very classy.