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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2592568, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, ancients are definitely more challenging than collecting mass-produced and virtually identical modern coins!&nbsp; It is definitely worth the effort though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So you paid too much for a common late Roman bronze-- we&#039;ve all paid too much for coins now and then, whether beginning collector or not.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably a nice coin (again, difficult to see anything in those pictures) so I hope this doesn&#039;t impair your enjoyment of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve overpaid for some and acquired others for bargain prices.&nbsp; I think and hope it all evens out.&nbsp; Sometimes you simply have to pay more than expected or desired for a coin that speaks to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my coins were not in slabs when purchased.&nbsp; The few that were in slabs were quickly relieved of that obstruction to full enjoyment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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