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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2099371, member: 42773&quot;]In fact, by calling your coin a &quot;conversation piece,&quot; you&#039;ve pretty much summed up how most committed collectors of ancients feel about their coins. Yes, we need to be savvy about grades and market values, but that is not nearly as important to us as history and numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>What was Constantine&#039;s life like? What was happening in AD 313? What do the legends mean? Who is the god on the reverse, and why? These are things we like to mull. If you really want a conversation piece, crack it out, pass it around, and see how people feel about holding a piece of 1700-year-old history. There is no damage you can do to the coin by handling it - it&#039;s WAY past that point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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