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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 5426363, member: 44357"]This is good advice but I'd put in one slight twist: buy a few coins first (spending no more than $10-20 each). </p><p><br /></p><p>Hold it in your hand, keep it on your desk, and think about how it may have been a soldier or mercenary's salary. Did they use it to buy food, clothing, on vices? What was their life like; what did they do in their spare time? </p><p><br /></p><p>There's nothing quite like holding a piece of history. This should help grow your connection to the coins and eventually help you identify what you want to collect. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no "Dansco 7070" for ancients and no one, not even the best museums, has a complete collection so there is an infinite level of freedom and creativity which can be applied to deciding what you want to collect and why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 5426363, member: 44357"]This is good advice but I'd put in one slight twist: buy a few coins first (spending no more than $10-20 each). Hold it in your hand, keep it on your desk, and think about how it may have been a soldier or mercenary's salary. Did they use it to buy food, clothing, on vices? What was their life like; what did they do in their spare time? There's nothing quite like holding a piece of history. This should help grow your connection to the coins and eventually help you identify what you want to collect. There is no "Dansco 7070" for ancients and no one, not even the best museums, has a complete collection so there is an infinite level of freedom and creativity which can be applied to deciding what you want to collect and why.[/QUOTE]
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