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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1874142, member: 19463&quot;]I do not know what the people of Mende called the coin.&nbsp; It may have been what the Athenians of the same period called their similarly sized coins or not.&nbsp; You know that now.&nbsp; My work here is done.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, I like the coin.&nbsp; I probably would not have paid what you paid just like you probably would not be interested in my last or next piece of scrap metal.&nbsp; I&#039;m also in the need of cutting down on purchases but for different reasons.&nbsp; My wife does not express opinions on my purchases.&nbsp; She knows I am a cheapskate.&nbsp; It is just four weeks until a Baltimore coin show where I plan on spending myself silly.&nbsp; I still have a couple of junkers coming but it is time to start saving up for something.&nbsp; The last big show produced that Sikyon stater that cost as much as a dozen of my normal junkers.&nbsp; What will this time bring?&nbsp; Will this list survive another period of Steve being on the wagon?&nbsp; Who will step up and find another pattern for our posts?&nbsp; Will the postman bring any of us something today?&nbsp; Stay tuned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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