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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4514262, member: 19463&quot;]medoraman brings up a point.&nbsp; We all differ on what constitutes a difference.&nbsp; By some standards a collection has room for a hundred different minor variations.&nbsp; I am attracted to the South Italian incuse reverse coins.&nbsp; It seems that some of them have just about as many minor variations as there are dies.&nbsp; This requires you to care about such things as letter placement and what small items are in the fields on one or both sides.&nbsp; The coins come in more than one denomination so it would seem possible to &#039;need&#039; a dozen coins that someone else would consider the same type.&nbsp; Add to that the fact that some of us care about weight standards, fabric changes or even errors and we might need fifty coins to cover one &quot;type&quot;.&nbsp; I do wonder if the quantity buyers here recognize these differences or are just assembling &#039;roll sets&#039;.&nbsp; Every ancient coin seems unique in some way and we all differ in where we draw lines.&nbsp; One person&#039;s defect is another&#039;s variation.&nbsp; I hope I am not forbidden to want another Metapontium grain, Kroton tripod or Sybaris bull etc. etc. etc.&nbsp; There are still many I don&#039;t have.&nbsp; I never will (not being a billionaire). </p><p>This thread lacks coin images so:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118510[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1118511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1118512[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1118513[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1118514[/ATTACH] </p><p>Someday I will get attracted to a normal coin but those get bought by the big dogs leaving these odd ones for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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