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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1886176, member: 19463"]Here is a fact of choosing coins:</p><p>What you want</p><p>When you want it</p><p>How much you'll pay</p><p>In general you can have any two of these three but will need to compromise on the third. Larger coins with women come up cheaply on occasion but if you want a selection now, you will have to pay full prices. Nice coins come up cheaply all the time but they might be lacking in your female or size requirements. </p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO, the factor you will find hard is the size requirement. Big coins are more popular and the competition for them will be stiffer. Bronzes tend to be more worn than silvers so the amount of detail remaining dollar for dollar is similar. Women of the Emperors tended to be older or less than 'trophy wives' so you might find more what you want in Greek coins showing goddesses but sizeable coins will cost more than $30. I'd search for coins showing Athena or just 'woman' or 'female head'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1886176, member: 19463"]Here is a fact of choosing coins: What you want When you want it How much you'll pay In general you can have any two of these three but will need to compromise on the third. Larger coins with women come up cheaply on occasion but if you want a selection now, you will have to pay full prices. Nice coins come up cheaply all the time but they might be lacking in your female or size requirements. IMHO, the factor you will find hard is the size requirement. Big coins are more popular and the competition for them will be stiffer. Bronzes tend to be more worn than silvers so the amount of detail remaining dollar for dollar is similar. Women of the Emperors tended to be older or less than 'trophy wives' so you might find more what you want in Greek coins showing goddesses but sizeable coins will cost more than $30. I'd search for coins showing Athena or just 'woman' or 'female head'.[/QUOTE]
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