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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2595493, member: 10461&quot;]Your Caracalla goal seems doable.&nbsp; Your French Feudal obsession seems admirable enough.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have never owned an Owl either, though I could&#039;ve long ago had a lesser- to marginally-acceptable specimen by now.&nbsp; However, my taste in Athenian Owl tetradrachms far outpaces my budget.&nbsp; When I do get my first Owl, I want it to be a <i>nice</i> one.&nbsp; And so far all the ones I&#039;ve really liked, I couldn&#039;t afford.&nbsp; There have been a few times my taste/budget continuum has <i>nearly</i> intersected on an Owl, but not quite.</p><p><br /></p><p>One time I almost bought a nice AU-ish <i>New</i> Style Owl tet (yes, I like those, too), but ended up buying <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-greece-kingdom-of-macedon-silver-mercenaries-drachm-of-king-perseus-ca-175-170-bc.286582/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-greece-kingdom-of-macedon-silver-mercenaries-drachm-of-king-perseus-ca-175-170-bc.286582/">this</a>, instead.&nbsp; I have not regretted that decision in the least.</p><p><br /></p><p>For 2017, I have some vague goals.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to add a Spanish colonial era piece to my Box of 20.&nbsp; Either a piece of toned gold (a 1/2-, 1- or 2-escudo), or a Pillar dollar with some attractive, contrasting grey toning.&nbsp; In the US stuff, I want a VF-XF Draped Bust half dollar with similarly attractive, contrasting grey toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want a Persian gold toman or half-toman from the 19th century for reasons I&#039;ll explain later.&nbsp; I just found one.&nbsp; It might very well end up being my last purchase of 2016.&nbsp; My Box of 20 needs at least one or two non-Western coins in it.&nbsp; Admittedly my tastes are a bit Eurocentric/American.&nbsp; To be truly &quot;eclectic&quot;, I need to branch out some.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the rest of my numismatic goals... well... I&#039;ll know &#039;em when I see &#039;em.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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