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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7544067, member: 19463&quot;]That is a very pretty colored coin.&nbsp; I do admit that it mystifies me that most of the people who are posting on this thread would rather have it than a Boscoreale gold aureus that survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 (a mere 1830 years earlier) especially considering that there are estimated to be 50,000 of these cents still around compared a handful* (see note below) of the aurei.&nbsp; I also wonder if the people who frequent the US section of Coin Talk would enjoy seeing this thread.&nbsp; Perhaps you should copy it over there for their benefit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those new to posting in the Ancient Section of Coin Talk may have been confused by a few posts referring to the collection of our member Ancient Joe or my mention of Boscoreale.&nbsp; If interested, they might enjoy the thread below where such an aureus is shown as his <u>second</u> favorite coin of that year. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-top-10-purchases-of-2014.257303/#post-2049017" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-top-10-purchases-of-2014.257303/#post-2049017">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-top-10-purchases-of-2014.257303/#post-2049017</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If I were to win the billion, I&#039;d buy the services of someone to handle my filthy old coins for me and to study them so my head would not hurt trying to figure out which one to buy next.&nbsp; Washing my hands after handling my coins is such a chore.&nbsp; Prime candidate might be a young person whose education through PhD I could fund and who might gain better understanding of not only the coins but the history and economics of the coin market.&nbsp;&nbsp; As soon as you hear of my billion winnings actually happening, be sure to apply by digging up this old thread and making formal application for the position.&nbsp; Don&#039;t jump the gun and apply now.&nbsp; My not buying lottery tickets makes my winning the billion a bit unlikely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking for a smiley face on the above?&nbsp; There is none.&nbsp; I&#039;m dead serious.&nbsp; If I won the billion, I&#039;d buy people (in the currently acceptable manner including scholarships, salaries, funding research etc. of course).</p><p><br /></p><p>* I stand corrected.&nbsp; The 1895 Boscoreale hoard is said to have included a thousand gold coins as listed in, by coincidence, 1909.&nbsp; The treasures found with the bag of coins made them of so little interest to scholars that no formal study was done so we don&#039;t really know much about them.&nbsp; I do wonder how many were cleaned of their toning or melted down to make watch fobs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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