Depends on what you mean by "young". I think we have some young collectors in our midst.
Wait! West Virginia? Barbarous? Well maybe just a little, but we speak Greek, I mean Virginian, with just a slight twang.
You sound like a man after my own heart. I have worked at something my entire life or at least as young as to be able to walk neighbors dogs,...
ANYTHING! Even a baloney sandwich. I will appreciate whatever is gifted.
I'll be the oddball and say it looks like a short scepter. I certainly do not see a child in any manner of attire.
Go for it!!!!!
+1
Those are good points Carth, but I won't say I will not buy a slabbed coin. If it looks like one I want and the price is right, I can break it...
Every now and then? I almost snorted my coffee out my nose. Thanks! I needed a good laugh.
And drive up prices even more.
And I vividly remember my second coin purchased near the same time from the same dealer: [ATTACH] AUGUSTUS AE Quadran OBVERSE: SISENNA MESSALLA...
1980/81 (I think) was the year I first purchased an Ancient. I was living in El Paso, TX and stationed at Ft Bliss at the time, of that I am...
I wonder if this dealer has a website? I would be interested in driving up the prices for our newest member. ;)
I wasn't around here when Mat started, but I remember VK and Gil when they began their Ancients journey. Congrats to both and keep em coming.
When this coin was purchased, this is what it looked like. [ATTACH] After a lemon juice treatment, it now looks like: [ATTACH]
Seems like a broken record by us members of CT. Personally I'm more than glad we are all meeting up here in a pleasant place where the mods...
Say whaaat? [ATTACH]
RC, those saw a lot of circulation, eh?
I was going to say something about the gloves, but thought I'd just leave it alone. PP is right. Why gloves?
Did someone say Decentius? [ATTACH] DECENTIUS AE Centenionalis OBVERSE: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, cuirassed bust right, G behind REVERSE: VICT DD...
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