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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 3090087, member: 77077&quot;]When I first started collecting Roman coins 35+ years ago, I thought you were only ALLOWED to get one coin per emperor.&nbsp; If I had a bronze from some guy then I would pass up a denarius or another bronze, etc.&nbsp; Hey, I was 20 and there was no Internet, no coin clubs locally, no shows, no other ancient collectors, and no ancient coin magazines I knew of. I also had no money which made passing up coins easier. Sometimes I had to choose between buying food or an ancient coin while I was in college. Lets just say I was pretty skinny back then. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I have to laugh now when people belittle my collecting style or question my passion for ancients. </p><p><br /></p><p>My only resources at the time were the few books the local library, the occasional ancients article in The Numismatist, and 2 local dealers with a couple ancients. Later I discovered fixed price and mail bid lists from Fred Shore, Empire, and a few others. I was too chicken to &quot;bid&quot; on anything so I went fixed price. Here is a coin I bought from Fred Shore in the early 1980s. I loved this huge, Egyptian! Greek coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779568[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It dawned on me after a while people could have more than one coin per emperor. Now I must have 50 from Constantine. Discovering CoinTalk has not helped at all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After graduating with an engineering degree and working 50-60 hours per week for 35 years, I can afford to buy these coins.&nbsp; So I did, and I find never regretted any of them for a second.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779569[/ATTACH] </p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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