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<p>[QUOTE="Monte Venier, post: 3273737, member: 100122"]Nick,</p><p>Great coins along with great presentation. I lived near Iskenderun ( Hatay) for four years in SE Turkey. The history over there is immense. I obtained many coins from simply going to their jewelry shops and asking for "Eski altin (or gumus) para" (gold or silver coins). You just have to be careful of the strict antiquity laws. You could go to the big cities in Turkey to get coins but I preferred the smaller ones like Mus, Siirt, Diyarbakir, Karaman, Erzurum, Anamur, Alanya, and Antalya. It helped out tremendously that the USAF sent me to language school to learn Turkish even before I set foot in country. It's a beautiful country and I,d go back there in a heartbeat despite of who is in power over there now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Monte Venier, post: 3273737, member: 100122"]Nick, Great coins along with great presentation. I lived near Iskenderun ( Hatay) for four years in SE Turkey. The history over there is immense. I obtained many coins from simply going to their jewelry shops and asking for "Eski altin (or gumus) para" (gold or silver coins). You just have to be careful of the strict antiquity laws. You could go to the big cities in Turkey to get coins but I preferred the smaller ones like Mus, Siirt, Diyarbakir, Karaman, Erzurum, Anamur, Alanya, and Antalya. It helped out tremendously that the USAF sent me to language school to learn Turkish even before I set foot in country. It's a beautiful country and I,d go back there in a heartbeat despite of who is in power over there now.[/QUOTE]
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