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<p>[QUOTE="Sealgair, post: 4310151, member: 97867"]A personal reflection only: after decades of casual collecting, I started collecting coins which had intersecting interest for the history they entailed plus an aesthetic appeal (often highly idiosyncratic). I originally thought that ancients were “very rare” and therefore way beyond my budget, and so was astonished that some splendid or at least very attractive ancients were available for a cost not much different from the charge to ship them to me. So, just as Samuel Johnson had to admit to misdefining one part of a horse, my failure was due to “ignorance, pure ignorance.” I still have a great deal to learn, am only now beginning to weed out counterfeits bought before I knew anything, and will never own anything of great monetary value, I have some I can pass on to my grandchildren without embarrassment. Thanks to this forum for everything I’ve learne[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sealgair, post: 4310151, member: 97867"]A personal reflection only: after decades of casual collecting, I started collecting coins which had intersecting interest for the history they entailed plus an aesthetic appeal (often highly idiosyncratic). I originally thought that ancients were “very rare” and therefore way beyond my budget, and so was astonished that some splendid or at least very attractive ancients were available for a cost not much different from the charge to ship them to me. So, just as Samuel Johnson had to admit to misdefining one part of a horse, my failure was due to “ignorance, pure ignorance.” I still have a great deal to learn, am only now beginning to weed out counterfeits bought before I knew anything, and will never own anything of great monetary value, I have some I can pass on to my grandchildren without embarrassment. Thanks to this forum for everything I’ve learne[/QUOTE]
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