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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 657258, member: 19409&quot;]I don&#039;t have any Widow&#039;s Mites, unfortunately (I have only 1 Judaic coin, which is worn to an almost unrecognizable state, but you&#039;re free to have it if you would want it for this). If you really want one or more of those, you can get some <a href="http://www.commonbronze.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=150&amp;products_id=1109" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.commonbronze.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=150&amp;products_id=1109" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://www.commonbronze.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=150&amp;products_id=1103" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.commonbronze.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=150&amp;products_id=1103" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=01348q00.jpg&amp;vpar=879&amp;zpg=1747&amp;fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=01348q00.jpg&amp;vpar=879&amp;zpg=1747&amp;fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, or <a href="http://www.vcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">here (search for &quot;Widow&#039;s Mite&quot;</a>). As you can see, these coins are far from pretty, but I&#039;m sure they would appreciate the history attatched to it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I mostly collect Romans. In this area, most of what you find cheaply is the coinage from the Constantinian dynasty from the 4th century AD. Since that was the first dynasty that was Christian (aside from Constantius I and Julian the Apostate, whose coins go for more money than the others, anyway). You may want to check out Forvm Ancient Coins&#039; under $40 list <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=870&amp;pos=0#Under%20$40" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=870&amp;pos=0#Under%20$40" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you want to see what ancient stuff you can get cheaply (it&#039;s ordered from most expensive to least, so you may want to start at the last page and work your way forwards). You could also get them some uncleaned coins (both Forvm and Common Bronze, who I linked to for the Widow&#039;s Mites earlier are good for this), since you can often get these for a couple bucks each, though they&#039;ll almost all be common coins from the 4th century, and plenty will be rather worn and unrecognizable (and I&#039;m not sure if young boys would have the patience to clean them).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for what I&#039;m willing to provide, I can look through my collection tonight to see what I&#039;m willing to part with for a cause like this. Off the top of my head, I&#039;d be willing to get rid of some decent coins of Constantius II (337-361), an ancient counterfeit denarius of Septimius Severus (reigned 193-211, though since it was a counterfeit, it could have been struck at any time Severus&#039; coins were in circulation), a counterfeit denarius of Antoninus Pius (138-161, though see the Severus note), a worn though very large follis of Justinian (483-565), and perhaps a worn silver denarius of Trajan (98-117) and a very, very worn silver half drachm from Parion that dates from about 480 BC if I decide that I&#039;m willing to part with either of those two. In addition, I have a pile of coins from uncleaned lots that were worn enough where they didn&#039;t really have a place in my collection (you can tell that they&#039;re 4th century Roman, but that&#039;s about it). If you think they&#039;d be thrilled with anything old, regardless of condition, then I could send you a bunch of those. If you think any of the above would be something you&#039;d want to give them, let me know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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