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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 5439295, member: 15481"]Freedom is difficult <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I have been collecting coins «all over the place» for almost 20 years. I like to think of my collection as «A history of coinage». Like any history book, it will never be complete. I’ve got archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek coins, Roman republican, imperatorial, imperial and provincial coins, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic, Oriental coins, European, US and World coins, paper money and a bunch of exonumia. It’s a mess. Every year I remind myself to be more selective, and I’m making small steps towards it, but there are too many great coins to limit myself from.</p><p>You can to a certain extent define your own set of Roman emperors, by using a credible list to follow, for example from The Encyclopedia Britannica:</p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-Roman-emperors-2043294" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-Roman-emperors-2043294" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-Roman-emperors-2043294</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have learned a lot from following auctions, when it comes to identifying types, identifying types I want, and prices. Just as one can not make a price guide or greysheet for the stock market, you can’t make a reliable one for coins either. From any era. One of the advantages of not being tied to a defined set or area, is that you can pass on the coins that are hot at the moment, and buy the coins that no one else wants. If you buy decent quality coins that have an interesting place in history, then chances are good that someone else will find them interesting later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 5439295, member: 15481"]Freedom is difficult :) I have been collecting coins «all over the place» for almost 20 years. I like to think of my collection as «A history of coinage». Like any history book, it will never be complete. I’ve got archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek coins, Roman republican, imperatorial, imperial and provincial coins, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic, Oriental coins, European, US and World coins, paper money and a bunch of exonumia. It’s a mess. Every year I remind myself to be more selective, and I’m making small steps towards it, but there are too many great coins to limit myself from. You can to a certain extent define your own set of Roman emperors, by using a credible list to follow, for example from The Encyclopedia Britannica: [URL]https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-Roman-emperors-2043294[/URL] I have learned a lot from following auctions, when it comes to identifying types, identifying types I want, and prices. Just as one can not make a price guide or greysheet for the stock market, you can’t make a reliable one for coins either. From any era. One of the advantages of not being tied to a defined set or area, is that you can pass on the coins that are hot at the moment, and buy the coins that no one else wants. If you buy decent quality coins that have an interesting place in history, then chances are good that someone else will find them interesting later.[/QUOTE]
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