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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4515497, member: 51347&quot;]<b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Nailed it.</span></i></b></p><p>Personally, I don&#039;t focus on what everyone else is chasing.&nbsp; I focus on interesting History, and try to capture coins / ancients that represent those events.&nbsp; Many of my exciting areas are where the &quot;Billionaires&quot; haven&#039;t chased yet, because they are less common.&nbsp; I do not feel &quot;threatened&quot; that all the coins are being snapped up by the Billionaires... just don&#039;t care.&nbsp; There are SO MANY MILLIONS of the Ancient Coins out there, SO MANY COOL varieties, and SO MANY NICHES out there that I DO NOT WORRY about who is buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>I chuckle about all the complaints and worries about the &quot;big players&quot;.&nbsp; My collection has NEVER suffered from that.&nbsp; I have ALWAYS found what I was looking for, even stumbled onto items that I thought that I would NEVER find, and feel that I am very happy about, and have no concerns about the FUTURE of Ancients Collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some random coins to ensure this is a ANCIENT COIN Thread:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ETRURIA</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118847[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria, Populonia (Rasenna, Fufluna)</p><p>AR 1 As </p><p>0.60g 10.0mm </p><p>after 211 BCE </p><p>Male Head L - </p><p>Plain Rev </p><p>Vecchi 3 68-70 HN Italy 181 </p><p>EXTREMELY RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>CARTHAGE</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118848[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Carthage Zeugitania </p><p>AR ½ Shekel </p><p>17mm 3.8g </p><p>2nd Punic War 218-202 BCE </p><p>Sicily mint 216-211 BCE </p><p>Tanit l </p><p>Horse r sun as double uraeus </p><p>SNG COP 359</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118849[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic </p><p>265-242 BCE </p><p>AR Heavy Denarius -&nbsp; Didrachm </p><p>6.55g, 18mm, 6h. </p><p>Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet, cornucopiae behind / </p><p>ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm, YY in right field. Crawford 22/1; RSC 7. Very Fine. </p><p>From the Eucharius Collection.</p><p>Rare[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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