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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4500229, member: 19463&quot;]I am less critical of amateur web pages (like mine!) which include a few misspellings and even signs of imperfect scholarship in the desire to share the love of our hobby.&nbsp; I have not read all of the pages&nbsp; but have always been a bit of a fan of Armstrong Economics as a free site because of his page showing the Septimius / Noah coin that I have always desired.</p><p><a href="https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/ancient-economies/the-noah-coinage-of-phrygia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/ancient-economies/the-noah-coinage-of-phrygia/" rel="nofollow">https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/ancient-economies/the-noah-coinage-of-phrygia/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When the Internet was new, some wanted to require paid memberships and others valued free information exchange.&nbsp; I believe the hobby as a whole benefited by the early adoption of free material rather than waiting decades for the professionals to figure out how to sell their expertise.&nbsp; It is up to the reader to read critically and sort out the benefits and truth from the opinions and errors.&nbsp; I do not know Mr. Armstrong but am glad he posted his material for us to enjoy and practice or critical skills (riddled with errors or not).&nbsp; I do not claim to be a scholar and neither does Mr. Armstrong from what I see.&nbsp; That is why I felt the necessity to post the disclaimer I did on my pages:</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">A message from the owner of this page:</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This page is very much a &#039;fast food&#039; or &#039;pop culture&#039; approach to the subject of ancient numismatics. I am an amateur collector and offer no guarantee of completeness or accuracy on any material on this site. I recommend that you research your questions rather than accepting blindly anything posted here. I also recommend you apply this same degree of care in using any other source material online or in hard copy. </span><span style="color: #ff0000">This site was intended to expose new collectors to an enjoyable hobby. No claim is made to serious scholarship. Serious numismatists are also welcomed here while they await publication of more proper and scholarly coverage of this material.</span><span style="color: #0000ff"> Images posted on this site are taken from a variety of sources including my personal collection and several other private collections.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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