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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2375002, member: 32619"]Oh this one is easy...buy some!</p><p><br /></p><p>Haha!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing wrong with bronzes at all. May I suggest how I did it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Look for late Roman bronzes (LRB) and find something that speaks to you. Maybe you think a horseman spearing a fallen warrior with the legend declaring "Happy Days Are Here Again" is cool...well they got just the coin for you! Maybe you think castles are cool...well they got that too! Maybe a phoenix standing on the world floats your boat...it goes on. Best thing about LRBs is they're not hard on the wallet and very good quality coins can be had for very modest sums of money. Something else to consider - there's a lot of information freely available online. The picture below is my first lot of ancient coins I ever bought. Each coin came out to about $5.42 but average retail could be as much as $15 each.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/first-12.3751/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Some other random LRB goodness to attempt to turn you to the Dark Side:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-69-constantine-i-campgate.3697/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-71-maximinus-ii-holding-head.3648/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-14-maximian-genius.3686/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>But there's lots more than LRBs. It's just that they're ancient and often very nice coins can be had for little money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2375002, member: 32619"]Oh this one is easy...buy some! Haha!:D Nothing wrong with bronzes at all. May I suggest how I did it? Look for late Roman bronzes (LRB) and find something that speaks to you. Maybe you think a horseman spearing a fallen warrior with the legend declaring "Happy Days Are Here Again" is cool...well they got just the coin for you! Maybe you think castles are cool...well they got that too! Maybe a phoenix standing on the world floats your boat...it goes on. Best thing about LRBs is they're not hard on the wallet and very good quality coins can be had for very modest sums of money. Something else to consider - there's a lot of information freely available online. The picture below is my first lot of ancient coins I ever bought. Each coin came out to about $5.42 but average retail could be as much as $15 each. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/first-12.3751/full[/IMG] Some other random LRB goodness to attempt to turn you to the Dark Side: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-69-constantine-i-campgate.3697/full[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-71-maximinus-ii-holding-head.3648/full[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-14-maximian-genius.3686/full[/IMG] But there's lots more than LRBs. It's just that they're ancient and often very nice coins can be had for little money.[/QUOTE]
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