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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 7948227, member: 75143&quot;]Not really. I purchased over 1500 junk coins from various lots, and the only gem was this rather rare Commodus denarius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376663[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>About 1000 of 1500 were complete junked slugs, and I would say the other 499 were attributable.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you found something like this, you&#039;d be lucky:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1376664[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, I have sold or gotten rid of just about every one of the &quot;hole filler&quot; coins I found in those junk lots. I consider the time and money solely a learning experience with no coins to last in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] , I know where you&#039;re coming from but I&#039;m personally one of those &quot;kinesthetic&quot; learners, and learn best from actually <i>doing</i>. I learned pretty much everything I know about attribution from trial-by-fire, neck pain, eye strain, and general suffering.</p><p>I wouldn&#039;t trade that suffering for the world, though, as now I can pretty much identify just about any LRB, no matter the condition, through &quot;tells&quot; that I noticed over the past 1500+ coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it a waste of money? Sure, but isn&#039;t any hobby a waste of money, realistically?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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