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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 212, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Do Re Mi</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can start at any coin show or coin store.&nbsp; Look at the coins and buy the one(s) you can afford that you like.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t see one, wait until another opportunity comes along, which it will.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go to coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Click on the Celator website www.celator.com and get a sample issue for $3.&nbsp; Go to the library and read the books about life in ancient times. You cna find them in used book stores for a few dollars. I got a National Geographic book about life in ancient greece and rome with good authorative writing and terrific color pictures for $6.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you know more, you know what to look for.&nbsp; If you go to a reputable dealer (ANA member, for instance) you will do better for your money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take the time to look at the coin, to feel it. to play with it.&nbsp; You cannot hurt it by touching it.&nbsp; Heck, it spent 2000 years in the ground.&nbsp; Get to know them one at a time and you will learn quickly what you are really interested and what you really want to buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might ask yourself, what your interest in ancient history really is.&nbsp; As I said, myself, for me, it is ancient philosophy and science.&nbsp; For Roman history, it is the checks and balances of the republican form of goverment.&nbsp; But again, we are in a period of Celtic revival, and if that floats your boat, the coins are out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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