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<p>[QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1571892, member: 32000"]As with 90% of my coins, some 20,000 +/- in total, I picked this up for $.16 (16 cents).</p><p><br /></p><p>Since my job has me traveling all over Southern California, I visit nearly all the coin shops twice a month or so. </p><p>This gives me an advantage at seeking out bargin bins en mase. I'm not a rich man and the price or rarity of a coin does not impress me, but the find or character of the coin does. My stoic belief in fate usually leads me to it. Two days ago I was curious about silver ancients after reading some posts on ancients and there it was. I even asked the dealer if it was real and he replied, "ehh, we don't deal in ancients." It may sound kinda silly, but it's true. One day, I'll get into some serious type set collecting, but for now I'm happy fullfiling my obsesive need to catalogue and organize things, coins in this case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1571892, member: 32000"]As with 90% of my coins, some 20,000 +/- in total, I picked this up for $.16 (16 cents). Since my job has me traveling all over Southern California, I visit nearly all the coin shops twice a month or so. This gives me an advantage at seeking out bargin bins en mase. I'm not a rich man and the price or rarity of a coin does not impress me, but the find or character of the coin does. My stoic belief in fate usually leads me to it. Two days ago I was curious about silver ancients after reading some posts on ancients and there it was. I even asked the dealer if it was real and he replied, "ehh, we don't deal in ancients." It may sound kinda silly, but it's true. One day, I'll get into some serious type set collecting, but for now I'm happy fullfiling my obsesive need to catalogue and organize things, coins in this case.[/QUOTE]
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