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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6081683, member: 83845"]An interesting perspective [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] . In my experience though you can’t really separate the first 4 items on your list from the 5th in a practical sense. What I mean is;</p><ol> <li>It’s hard to motivate yourself to look for varieties if you know you’ll never get to own or at least examine them in hand.<br /> </li> <li>Owning the coin is really the only way most of us have to handle a coin. Even at museums you can’t touch the coin and you usually can’t see both sides well. <br /> </li> <li>It’s hard to take high quality photos without owning the coin. Those of us who have tried at museum displays can attest to this. <br /> </li> <li>This is the real fun of owning coins to me. Organize, catalog and most of all STUDY! Even more so than that to make the coin / images / research available in some way to others. Sometimes it takes a long time to study a coin and that is best done with the knowledge that you have that coin available for reference in your collection.<br /> </li> <li>Owning the coin can generate long term rewards. Pick coins that you find interesting and I’ll bet if you revisit them again every few years / months for further study or rephotograph or re-cataloging you will get enjoyment out of the experience for a long time.</li> </ol><p>Also great coins btw. Here is my favorite Constantius I... one of his invasion issues!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1244836[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Constantius Chlorus (Invasion Issue)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Follis, silvered, Lugdunum/traveling mint, struck ca. AD 296</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia </font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VI 17a </font></p><p><font size="3">Ex James Pickering Collection</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6081683, member: 83845"]An interesting perspective [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] . In my experience though you can’t really separate the first 4 items on your list from the 5th in a practical sense. What I mean is; [LIST=1] [*]It’s hard to motivate yourself to look for varieties if you know you’ll never get to own or at least examine them in hand. [*]Owning the coin is really the only way most of us have to handle a coin. Even at museums you can’t touch the coin and you usually can’t see both sides well. [*]It’s hard to take high quality photos without owning the coin. Those of us who have tried at museum displays can attest to this. [*]This is the real fun of owning coins to me. Organize, catalog and most of all STUDY! Even more so than that to make the coin / images / research available in some way to others. Sometimes it takes a long time to study a coin and that is best done with the knowledge that you have that coin available for reference in your collection. [*]Owning the coin can generate long term rewards. Pick coins that you find interesting and I’ll bet if you revisit them again every few years / months for further study or rephotograph or re-cataloging you will get enjoyment out of the experience for a long time. [/LIST] Also great coins btw. Here is my favorite Constantius I... one of his invasion issues! [ATTACH=full]1244836[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Empire Constantius Chlorus (Invasion Issue) AE Follis, silvered, Lugdunum/traveling mint, struck ca. AD 296 Obv.: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate bust right Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia Ref.: RIC VI 17a Ex James Pickering Collection[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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