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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3437850, member: 97383&quot;]TIF, Your assessment of why people collect Imperial versus Provincial coin is right-on. I&#039;d like to add one more factor into the mix, language. Most Roman provincial coins use the Greek language instead of Latin, &amp; we&#039;re all familiar with that old cliche&#039; <b>It&#039;s Greek to me</b>. Many collectors will tackle Latin before Greek because the Latin alphabet is easier to grasp than the Greek. Latin translations are easier to find than Greek translations, especially in guide books of ancient coins. I can remember learning Roman numerals in grammar school &amp; there application in simple math, but we were never taught Greek numerals in elementary school.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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