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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 2457776, member: 75936"]On Doug's and TIF's points, I identified the coins that "spoke" to me when I was kid, by purchasing a large variety. I tried Chinese cash coins, Australian pre-decimal coins, Spanish cobs, Roman coins, French pre-revolutionary coins of Louis XIV/XV/XVI, English coins from the Middle Ages. I found what fascinated me the most was coins that were very, very old with famous people on them (although Spanish pieces of 8 cobs from shipwrecks were kind of awesome)! In the end, it had to be Roman coins - and English coins which to my eye imitate the Roman portrait style (especially from Elizabeth I onwards). Unfortunately I have finite time and money. There are many collecting themes I'd love to pursue (eg Roman Alexandrian drachma!) but I can't buy everything, and I'm finding collecting the portrait series to be very rewarding- to find the very best portrait I can afford of each emperor! It's awesome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 2457776, member: 75936"]On Doug's and TIF's points, I identified the coins that "spoke" to me when I was kid, by purchasing a large variety. I tried Chinese cash coins, Australian pre-decimal coins, Spanish cobs, Roman coins, French pre-revolutionary coins of Louis XIV/XV/XVI, English coins from the Middle Ages. I found what fascinated me the most was coins that were very, very old with famous people on them (although Spanish pieces of 8 cobs from shipwrecks were kind of awesome)! In the end, it had to be Roman coins - and English coins which to my eye imitate the Roman portrait style (especially from Elizabeth I onwards). Unfortunately I have finite time and money. There are many collecting themes I'd love to pursue (eg Roman Alexandrian drachma!) but I can't buy everything, and I'm finding collecting the portrait series to be very rewarding- to find the very best portrait I can afford of each emperor! It's awesome![/QUOTE]
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