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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2913656, member: 10461&quot;]Here, how about this?&nbsp; I posted this in another thread today, but it dawned on me that this is the perfect example of how far one&#039;s budget can go on the &quot;Dark Side&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>This tiny silver obol from Miletos (or Miletus) in Ionia was 26 bucks well spent.&nbsp; I spent more on the slabbing fees than on the coin itself! </p><p><br /></p><p>(Granted, I got a good deal, but you can find stuff like this under a hundred bucks without too much difficulty.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also one of the earliest coins I&#039;ve owned.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/adam-ionia-miletus-ar-obol-006100-jpg.703997/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see ... what to buy for 26 bucks?&nbsp; A 2,500+ year-old silver coin with a roaring lion on it and a cool punchmark, from the very dawn of coinage ... or another Kennedy half, Ike dollar, or common Morgan?</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, the answer to such a question is obvious.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong- I&#039;ve got nothing against common US coins like Morgan dollars (aside from the fact that you see them all the time).&nbsp; But something like that archaic lion coin... for the same money?&nbsp; Ha!&nbsp; That&#039;s a no-brainer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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