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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1355850, member: 19463&quot;]Another &#039;problem&#039; with ancients is that there are something like a million variations available to be collected including some that exist in only one example and others that can be bought by the bag.&nbsp; I once saw a plastic bag containing 1000 denarii of the emperor Tiberius - all the same type.&nbsp; As a result almost no one tries to get a complete set (impossible!).&nbsp; People tend to buy what they like rather what some catalog says is rare.&nbsp; The oldest ancients are about 2600 years old while the &#039;newest&#039; ancients are half that.&nbsp; Relatively few of us are impressed by the difference between these two extremes so age is not a major factor.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Ancients are not for everyone.&nbsp; If you need order in your collection you might be better off collecting something that a book will spell out with perfection.&nbsp; If you want to collect something where you never know what tomorrow will bring, ancients may be for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the plug, medoraman, but next time drop a link:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/</a></p><p>I don&#039;t even know how many pages there are --- 200 maybe?&nbsp; I&#039;d suggest starting here:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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