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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8056371, member: 19463"]Under the circumstances of the current market, a month will most likely turn up a coin lower in grade or higher in price than you want but there are always Trajan denarii out there. With luck, you could find a coin with a more interesting and historical type but that may not happen immediately. Your daughter may be aware of a few things about Trajan. One is that he expanded the empire to its greatest extent with his Dacian wars. These are commemorated on coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan also built a road that was longer than the famous Appian Way but took less time because it had better terrain. This is commemorated on a coin showing the personification of the road.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395885[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A gift to a daughter who might appreciate the humor (Divine Dad) would be the coin Trajan issued in honor of his birth father (he became emperor after being adopted by the previous emperor, Nerva). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395873[/ATTACH] </p><p>Not all coins are equal. Finding any of these in a month might be a problem. My coins are not for sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8056371, member: 19463"]Under the circumstances of the current market, a month will most likely turn up a coin lower in grade or higher in price than you want but there are always Trajan denarii out there. With luck, you could find a coin with a more interesting and historical type but that may not happen immediately. Your daughter may be aware of a few things about Trajan. One is that he expanded the empire to its greatest extent with his Dacian wars. These are commemorated on coins. [ATTACH=full]1395880[/ATTACH] Trajan also built a road that was longer than the famous Appian Way but took less time because it had better terrain. This is commemorated on a coin showing the personification of the road. [ATTACH=full]1395885[/ATTACH] A gift to a daughter who might appreciate the humor (Divine Dad) would be the coin Trajan issued in honor of his birth father (he became emperor after being adopted by the previous emperor, Nerva). [ATTACH=full]1395873[/ATTACH] Not all coins are equal. Finding any of these in a month might be a problem. My coins are not for sale.[/QUOTE]
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