Roman Principate Giveaway

I want to offer the opportunity to a few members to win some coins free of charge. Only those within the US please, as international shipping can be a little on the expensive side.

This is on a first come, first serve basis. No restrictions on who can participate except that:

1. Must be within the U.S.
2. Only 1 coin per person.
3. Please post below. I don't want my PM box full of messages to sort through

Coin #1: No Longer Available

Emperor Diocletian

Coin #2 No Longer Available

Emperor Maximian


Coin #3 No Longer Available

Another Emperor Maximian

 

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Nice gesture, hoping some these go to some YN to get them started in ancients.

 

Yes, this would be a great opportunity for some newbies to ancients....I won't name no names @green18

 

He's trying to tempt me over to the dark side.........but a YN I'm not.

 

That's for sure!!!

 

This is most generous of dear Sallent.

 

I don't see anything wrong if you are genuinely interested in ancients, and am willing to give it a shot. Just like modern coins, world or US, they can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be.

 

Except cheap ancients look like carp (am I dyslexic?)

 

I disagree. There are some great cheap ancients out there, if you have the patience nd know where to look.

For starters, the three coins I'm giving away don't look bad at all. They are well centered, have full legends, decent state of preservation, etc. And they are still available, so start claiming them. It's FREE, people!

Also, would you consider any of the coins below junk? I got all of them for $85 or less per coin, which should be well within the budget of almost all collectors.

 

Give one to Green

 

Where are the YNs? Hmm... should go and hunt 'em down.

@Oysterk get yer' self an ancient my friend! Join the Dark Side!!

 

Being "within the budget" and being "cheap" are two very different things. Honestly, I would consider a $10 coin marginally cheap. Here's a cheap coin I think is kind of OK...

 

c'mon.......more YN's please.......

 

Okay... uhmmmm... @Walking Sterling Silver , start off with an ancient!!

 

First off, great photography. Second off really neat coins. Out of the 3 like the second the best.

 

Wow, that is very nice of you.

I currently have 0 ancients in my collection. I have not felt the pull to the dark side as of yet, but those are pretty nice.

 

I haven't tried ancient. I find them pretty interesting and cool still.

 

I'm always up for trying new types of coins though

 

Cheap is a matter of 'price' but what matters is 'value'. These three are fine examples of what they are. There are two different denominations from two different periods and two different rulers but every detail is present allowing the recipient to learn and, therefore, derive great value from the coins. The problem with giving away coins is finding recipients who don't consider themselves too good for the common and less than perfect specimens we might have to give. These are nice coins I would be happy to have in my collection (in fact, I do have very similar ones).

I have a number of coins for which I paid under $10. Of them, the best were the ones given to me by people who knew I would appreciate them when few people would. Inflation has doubled prices in recent decades but my image from my 2001 page shows coins bought at a Baltimore show one day. Today they might be double??? Of course that same day there were other sellers asking several times as much for worse coins. You have to shop. Cheap coins are only ugly if you choose to define them as such.

 

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