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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3277175, member: 93702&quot;]This is a long post - sorry, maybe just disregard..newbies may enjoy...</p><p>-----------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>In January ..a couple of weeks from now... I will be coming up to my 1st anniversary of collecting ancient coins. This has been a surreal journey. From reading posts many seem to have always been &quot;collectors&quot; all of their lives - from bottle caps, sports cards to milk bottles, to whatever... and this seems to be their next obsession. Very odd to me but kind of cool at the same time.</p><p>I have never collected anything... and I certainly don&#039;t want to upset those of us who do... just wasn&#039;t my thing.</p><p>History was my thing. But not a serious thing (I have 2 teenage kids!)... just always read books on ancient history (historical fiction a bit but mostly hard history.. 30 years of this but certainly no expert). When I stumbled (and I mean just weirdly found) a link to uncleaned Romans I took a chance.. and WOW.</p><p>Then you look at your &quot;cleaned&quot; coins.. so awesome.. learn to identify - rejoice in the ones that have legends, learn about mint marks.. awesome!</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I found this site .... a friendly site with passion for these items.. it is truly amazing. Thank you! What I like most of all is the AMAZING examples displayed but also the encouragement to members who don&#039;t have expensive coins..</p><p><br /></p><p>I look back at my year and I could have purchased less and gained more quality in my collection - there is certainly no doubt about that. That may have been the way to go...(perhaps in the future) But history is my passion and the chance of holding the coins in my hand from those historical figures was something I never dreamed was possible - the reality has been surreal .</p><p><br /></p><p>As I entered into this hobby I had no idea what type of collector I was ..and I still don&#039;t&nbsp; to be honest... but I thank members like [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] and many others (I am missing so many - sorry) who seem to have a passion beyond the next &quot;perfect strike&quot; or the next exclusive counter strike... they inspire me...&nbsp; their coins are much better than mine but just having a coin depicting a historically important ruler or from a region that is interesting to the owner in some way seems more important to me than the provenance or owning a plate coin. Anyway - I thank all of you. (and yes - show me your 12 Caesars set or weird counter strike - I love it and will drool.... but just not the reason I collect and not obtainable for me).</p><p><br /></p><p>I better add some coins..... from a historical figure or two...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865641[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865652[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865653[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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