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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3128642, member: 19463&quot;]I knew this would happen.&nbsp; We could find 200 things that served as money that are not even coins in some senses of the word.&nbsp; We could find 200 coins that were important to the development of coinage but that the average collector will not see in the time they might be called a beginner.&nbsp; We also could find 200 coins that require more than a little training to be able to decipher what is shown on them.&nbsp; The idea is to attract new collectors, not drive them off.&nbsp; I would include some sort of proto-currency with a short write up saying that there were many forms of pre-coinage value holders and it would be possible to collect coins never owning anything round.&nbsp; That would be one at most or it could be included in the write up for whatever the first Aes Grave was.&nbsp; I&#039;d use a prow type, not necessarily an as, or something with a recognizable-to-all device but all that will have to be worked out later.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>+1</p><p>My take on the matter is there are some coins that could disappear and do no harm to the history of coinage and some that left more of a mark.&nbsp; We also might ask if we want to reward the new person by showing something they might already have seen.&nbsp; However horrid you may find him, beginners have heard of Constantine and may own some uncleaned wonders from his era.&nbsp; How many coins get included just to make readers aware of where the common coins fit in the picture is another question that will be hard to address.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Greeks addressed the need for small change with tiny silver and we need one (not one from every town!) while the Romans started in bronze and worked the other way.&nbsp; In the 200 count, I might have <u>one</u> Parthian coin but I would not have an example of each of their denominations or kings. </p><p><br /></p><p>Keeping this from being a $500 book you can&#039;t lift will require ruthless editing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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