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<p>[QUOTE="serafino, post: 4977008, member: 74574"]History is for sure a good side effect of coin collecting. I mainly collect 1700s-1800s Italian coins and I've learned a bit about Italian history, and the different Kings and the Royal families that ruled back then. </p><p><br /></p><p>I went to Italy 20 years ago and went into a coin shop in Milano and the owner showed me some coins from 1700's Naples and Sicily and talked about which King was on them and I didn't know any of them. Now if I went back to Italy I'd know each and everyone of those Kings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="serafino, post: 4977008, member: 74574"]History is for sure a good side effect of coin collecting. I mainly collect 1700s-1800s Italian coins and I've learned a bit about Italian history, and the different Kings and the Royal families that ruled back then. I went to Italy 20 years ago and went into a coin shop in Milano and the owner showed me some coins from 1700's Naples and Sicily and talked about which King was on them and I didn't know any of them. Now if I went back to Italy I'd know each and everyone of those Kings.[/QUOTE]
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