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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 5301436, member: 51347"]Personally, I have not seen that as an objection. I have perhaps 3 or 4 thousand World Coins that I have picked up / collected from my travels during my career. Many (most) have NON-Latin based script. Some are purdy scarce, many are common: All are fun (Grandkids have a lot of them.) For ancients, I am fascinated with the various scripts and languages expressed on the Coins: No one reads or understands the language of Rasenna (Etruria), but those are cool coins. There are various Islamic, Oscan, Kushan, Indo, Silk Road, etc. coins that have script that I have no clue, but are incredible coins to have...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223464[/ATTACH]</p><p>Campania CAPUA AE 14-5mm 216-211 Hera <b>Oscan </b>Grain ear Hannibal capital Italia SNG Fr 517 SNG ANS 219 HN Italy 500 EE Clain Stefanelli</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223465[/ATTACH]</p><p>India <b>Indo-Scythian</b> King Azes I 57-30BCE AR Drachm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 5301436, member: 51347"]Personally, I have not seen that as an objection. I have perhaps 3 or 4 thousand World Coins that I have picked up / collected from my travels during my career. Many (most) have NON-Latin based script. Some are purdy scarce, many are common: All are fun (Grandkids have a lot of them.) For ancients, I am fascinated with the various scripts and languages expressed on the Coins: No one reads or understands the language of Rasenna (Etruria), but those are cool coins. There are various Islamic, Oscan, Kushan, Indo, Silk Road, etc. coins that have script that I have no clue, but are incredible coins to have... [ATTACH=full]1223464[/ATTACH] Campania CAPUA AE 14-5mm 216-211 Hera [B]Oscan [/B]Grain ear Hannibal capital Italia SNG Fr 517 SNG ANS 219 HN Italy 500 EE Clain Stefanelli [ATTACH=full]1223465[/ATTACH] India [B]Indo-Scythian[/B] King Azes I 57-30BCE AR Drachm[/QUOTE]
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