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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2457669, member: 76194"]When you are starting out, I find it helpful to have an open mind and research various ancient cultures. Don't pigeon hole yourself into a narrow field at the beginning and end up bored or disappointed. There are far too many interesting ancient cultures to collect coinage from. Once you've established a basic collection covering several types (ie. Greek, Indo-Greek, Persian/Parthian, Arabic, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Byzantine, Celtic, etc.) You can then select some area from those groups that may interest you (example: Syracuse bronzes) and specialize on that. That way you take time to learn what you want before you sink heavy money into an area you may not really care for once your knowledge grows. Once you've gotten borred of your specialty or want to expand to something else, you can always fall back on one of the coin types from your original base collection and start specializing in that area. You'll already have a base on which to build on and some knowledge of that type of culture and it's coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least that's the approach I'm taking. I already discovered using this method that I didnt care for bronze coins before I sank too much money in them, and now I'm collecting different silver coins from different cultures and periods in order to build a solid foundation and learn in the process. With only 24 silver coins, I still have a long way to go before I decide on a specialty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2457669, member: 76194"]When you are starting out, I find it helpful to have an open mind and research various ancient cultures. Don't pigeon hole yourself into a narrow field at the beginning and end up bored or disappointed. There are far too many interesting ancient cultures to collect coinage from. Once you've established a basic collection covering several types (ie. Greek, Indo-Greek, Persian/Parthian, Arabic, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Byzantine, Celtic, etc.) You can then select some area from those groups that may interest you (example: Syracuse bronzes) and specialize on that. That way you take time to learn what you want before you sink heavy money into an area you may not really care for once your knowledge grows. Once you've gotten borred of your specialty or want to expand to something else, you can always fall back on one of the coin types from your original base collection and start specializing in that area. You'll already have a base on which to build on and some knowledge of that type of culture and it's coinage. At least that's the approach I'm taking. I already discovered using this method that I didnt care for bronze coins before I sank too much money in them, and now I'm collecting different silver coins from different cultures and periods in order to build a solid foundation and learn in the process. With only 24 silver coins, I still have a long way to go before I decide on a specialty.[/QUOTE]
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