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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1881615, member: 19463&quot;]The highlight of my collecting life was the period I spent as a member of the Ancient Numismatic Society of Washington.&nbsp; Usually 20 or so members would meet monthly at the home of a member and talk coins.&nbsp; Often we would have a semi-formal program usually by a member but the good part was that we could show off new purchases and buy/sell among ourselves.&nbsp; We had quite a variety of heavy hitters and beginners.&nbsp; I got to handle an Athenian dekadrachm and buy late Romans from people who knew.&nbsp; I was the club expert in Septimius Severus (and the only one who cared about him).&nbsp; I really wish those of us on this list could get together at my place this Sunday afternoon but the &#039;postage&#039; on SteveX6 and YOC&nbsp; would be a bit out of reason.&nbsp; Back then, before the Internet and CT, such meetings were what we had and we felt lucky to have each other.&nbsp; The club still exists in DC but I don&#039;t drive up to meetings (120 to 150 miles each way depending on whose home it is).&nbsp; That is why I am so happy to have the Internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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