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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ab initio, post: 2466899, member: 80317&quot;]I sure remember Tom and many other people who are not involved with ancient coins any more. It seems that this hobby has a habit of weeding out nice guys (I am not suggesting that the ones left behind are not nice). The 60&#039;s, 70&#039;s and 80&#039;s were busy times for any collector who wanted to keep up with the market. I have a cupboard full of &quot;retired correspondence&quot; and sometimes I enjoy reading the exchanges of letters with dealers who are not dealing any more. These guys were always kind enough to send me their lists that now are real rarities and extremely valuable for research purposes. When a die study is undertaken there is no real distinction between a top quality NFA or Leu catalogue photo and a photo in an obscure list of a guy who was an ancient coin dealer for a small part of his active life just because he loved coins. And before someone can comment on how bad the quality of some of these photos were, let me say that the trained eye of a good numismatist will be able to recognize dies from low quality photos as easily as from high quality ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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