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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3437268, member: 76086&quot;]For this thread I thought it might be different to ask for anyone to post coins which have a certain personal meaning.&nbsp; Is there any milestone or personal significance to the coin in question?&nbsp; What was the story behind the purchase?&nbsp; For some it might be quite simple, for others significant.&nbsp; But I think it would be interesting for some to share their stories, to bring a little more humanity and interest to what it is that we do, why we do it, etc.&nbsp; I’ll start off with one such coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first started dealing back in the 1980’s the dealer Tom Cederlind became a mentor to me.&nbsp; He had plenty of excellent advice, some of which was only to be appreciated a little later (and in some cases much later).&nbsp; At the time most of the ancient coin business was being conducted in London (now it is in Munich) and Tom advised me that if I was to succeed in the business I had to go to that illustrious city.&nbsp; I knew it was a bit of a stretch for me to accomplish.&nbsp; After all I was selling coins generally worth $5-50 and getting myself to London seemed like an impossibility.&nbsp; I came from a poor family, had no money, no connections, etc.&nbsp; Add to that I had never travelled anywhere on my own (I dont feel the military counts, as I didn&#039;t pay for it and essentially there was always someone there to tell me what to do, where to go, where to sleep, etc.).</p><p><br /></p><p>But at a certain point I did save enough money to make that first trip.&nbsp; In January 1995 I went to London, a week hotel and airfare for the princely sum of about $600.&nbsp; I attended the London Coin Faire where I’m afraid I conducted myself akin to the Country Mouse.&nbsp; But it was there that I met Basil Demetriadi (who I had been corresponding with for a few years), Alan Walker and many others I likely cant remember.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate there are two coins that I bought from that trip (only one for the post) that I kept.&nbsp; At the time there was a hoard of recently discovered Iceni silver and I bought one for 15 Pounds retail.&nbsp; It seemed like a lot of money at the time to me (it was about $25 plus exchange fees at the time). </p><p><br /></p><p>I did offer it for sale at a few points in time, I dont remember what retail price I was asking (I still have all my old printed price lists, so I suppose I could look it up), but it did not sell.&nbsp; So, why did I keep it?&nbsp; I really dont know.&nbsp; For some odd reason this coin remained with me despite the fact that I had, nor to this day do I have, any particular affinity towards it.&nbsp; Perhaps it is just a reminder of past and good memories, of people who are no longer with us…</p><p>[ATTACH=full]912654[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Britain, The Iceni, 65 – 1 BC</b></p><p>Silver Unit, 13mm, 1.25 grams</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:&nbsp; </b>Celticized head right, two trefoils before, triple pellets below.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:&nbsp; </b>Horse rearing right, pellet below tail, wheel above, lozenge shaped box below.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cost:</b></p><p>£15</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References:</b></p><p>Van Arsdell 794&nbsp; //&nbsp; ABC 2567&nbsp; //&nbsp; SCBC 434</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b></p><p>Purchased at the London Coin Fair, 1995.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From my passport at the time.&nbsp; Yea.&nbsp; I know.&nbsp; Just remember it wasn&#039;t too far from the 1980&#039;s.&nbsp; Besides, I worked my ass off to get that suit!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]912658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]912659[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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