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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1756592, member: 19463&quot;]I agree we each have to define &#039;greatest&#039; before we can start picking coins but we also need to decide what we consider to be important or even what we consider to be a coin.&nbsp; Should we allow Chinese spades, Roman medallions or even things like the Porus dekadrachm (how many of them do you think were spent in commerce?) or should we define &#039;greatest&#039; as things that supported commerce in some special way (Ban Liang, Athenian owls and Janus asses might get extra points here)?&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know in my top 100 favorites there were some Eastern coins highest being my Sasanian family coin of Vahran II which I have shown here before.&nbsp; The Berk book was largely on types of coins but he usually selected the best known example of the coin for the book even if it was not one he had handled.&nbsp; My 100 included specific examples including some that were unique because of the way they were overstruck or countermarked.&nbsp; Given enough money, you could duplicate his 100 more easily than mine but it would be easier to upgrade my list than it would his.&nbsp; I&#039;m going away for a couple weeks so I may have time with no computer access when I could give thought to my 100 (or 50? --- 25 was way too restrictive!).&nbsp; I&#039;d be interested in seeing other&#039;s opinions of what coin was missing from Berk that you would have added or your whole 100 if you are into that big of a project.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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