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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severatus, post: 2136465, member: 74162&quot;][ATTACH=full]407608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]407609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]407613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]407615[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]407618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]407622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]407623[/ATTACH] My first coin, Given to me by my beloved wife!</p><p><br /></p><p>The year I graduated high school an older family friend mentioned Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and I ended up buying a copy to get more Philosophical....hopefully to look cool to older, smarter chicks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years later, I was living in Fresno and at an antique store came across a well worn,bad metal, soft struck Denarius of Marcus Aurelius in one of those electric carousels with shelves.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could not believe something so old would not be in a museum..... being young these realizations come often and seem so profound....guess cause ya really don&#039;t stop and think on it. Ancient Money.....there can&#039;t be too many of those....right.....oh ya...duh.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted this coin so much, the price was $250 which seemed reasonable to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife who was my girlfriend at the time said &quot; Wow thats cool but, $250?? &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As a full time student I tried to get the vendor to let me give him payments every two weeks however with such a valuable example you gotta play hard ball and so he refused.</p><p><br /></p><p>She said &quot;well you birthday is coming and maybe we can get it or find a cheaper one.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>My birthday came and that weekend my future wife brought me this sweet,sweet coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius Denarius - Armenia Reverse </p><p><br /></p><p>Imperial Portrait check! - Full Inscription check! - Good well circulated smooth Metal Check! - Historical propaganda reverse CHECK!</p><p><br /></p><p>I own rare coins&nbsp; - I own more valuable coins but, if I lost this one I would be bummed seriously - close to misplacing your wedding ring kinda fear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anywho&#039;s gotta love the last hurah of the noble line of decent emperors.....</p><p><br /></p><p>One of these days I may have it mounted in a ring - it is more to me than just a uncommon ancient in circulated condition....it&#039;s the one that brought me into the amazing light of history...Excuse my impromptu cruddy pic&nbsp; - the others came later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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