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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Monte Venier, post: 3275092, member: 100122&quot;]Nick,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many contacts still living in Turkey today.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a family who lives in Tarsus, the famous biblical city just 15 miles east of Adana where Saul (Paul) was born. The history in Asia Minor (Turkey) is insurmountable:&nbsp;&nbsp; Mt Ararat (Noah&#039;s Arc), the fall of Troy which occurred between Istanbul and Smyrna (Izmir), Saint Nicolas (The real Santa Claus) who lived near Antalya, King Midas from the Greek empire (From the fabled &quot;King Midas&quot; story), the Armenian empire, the Hittite empire (The first empire in modern day Turkey) then of course the Lydian, Rome, Greek and Byzantine empires (Of course Byzantine period was a spin off from the Roman empire after the battle of Manzikurt in 1471 I believe.&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyways, my main interest in coins are U.S. large cents which most of them are encapsulated and rest are in 2x2s.&nbsp;&nbsp; My best ones are the 1793 and 1794 Flowing Hair cents.&nbsp;&nbsp; Have all the large cents except for 5 of them ranging from 1793-1857.&nbsp;&nbsp; Silver halves are # 2.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m missing about 8 of them from 1793-to present.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are a lot of variations in the earlier years of these coins.&nbsp; Your presentations may encourage me to start collecting ancient coins !&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyways, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I hope we can stay in contact !</p><p>Respectfully, mv.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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