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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3249922, member: 56859&quot;]This coin is very special for completely non-numismatic reasons.&nbsp; It&#039;s historically important... but not for its <i>ancient</i> history.&nbsp; The value is in how it represents friendship, camaraderie, and for what will hopefully someday be a fondly-remembered ancient coin milestone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s not rare.&nbsp; It&#039;s not in great condition.&nbsp; There are about a hundred of them for sale right now on Vcoins and most of them are much nicer, albeit more expensive.&nbsp; I wanted it anyway and it was my most important target in today&#039;s <a href="https://www.amcoinscanada.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amcoinscanada.com/" rel="nofollow">Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada</a> auction, the brand-spankin&#039; new Canadian auction house created by CoinTalk&#039;s [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852429[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GAUL, Massalia</b></p><p>c. 350-150 BCE</p><p>AR obol;&nbsp; 0.59 gm, 10mm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; youthful male head left (Apollo?)</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; wheel with four spokes; M A within two quarters</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Depeyrot, Hellénistiques, Type 18; SNG Leipzig 13.</p><p><i>AMCC Auction 1, lot 1, 1 December 2018</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bidder #<span style="color: #ff0000">1</span> placed bid #<span style="color: #ff0000">1</span> in AMCC auction #<span style="color: #ff0000">1</span>, lot #<span style="color: #ff0000">1</span>, and on December <span style="color: #ff0000">1</span>, <span style="color: #ff0000">won</span>.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>How&#039;s that for a silly reason to want a coin?&nbsp; Silly though it sounds, it truly was important to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been planning to win this lot months before Sev had even determined which coin would <i>be</i> lot #1!&nbsp; I&#039;m greatly relieved it wasn&#039;t a dekadrachm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; The moment his auction was posted I staked my claim on lot #1 with a generous bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the next week or two I placed another seven pre-bids.&nbsp; Today I bid live on many more lots.&nbsp; Happily, I now have several coins formerly belonging to various CoinTalk members-- [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER], [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER], and [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] .&nbsp; Yay!&nbsp; I went a bit overboard today but since I lost my higher-dollar targets that takes the edge off, plus the prices were still comparatively low and the exchange rate is very favorable.&nbsp; I normally wouldn&#039;t post a coin before it is in hand but I&#039;ve already waited soooo long for this and couldn&#039;t resist posting just this one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve made several close friends thanks to ancient coin collecting and it was a completely unexpected benefit of the hobby!&nbsp; Truly, some of the finest people I know collect ancient coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Congratulations to [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] on the inaugural AMCC auction.&nbsp; Cheers, and here&#039;s to many more <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>.....</p><p><br /></p><p>My final tally for the auction:</p><ul> <li>17 lots bid on</li> <li>11 lots won</li> </ul><p>Not a bad average-- a much higher win rate than I usually experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>.....</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Show us your coins purchased for whimsical, nostalgic, or silly reasons!&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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