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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1036488, member: 26302"]Nothing is boring unless you make it boring. To me, nothing is more boring than standardization and by extension mechanically stamped coins. It is so bad people willingly go through thousands of coins a night looking for the tiniest possible deviation and then get excited about their new find. I could never get into errors, why spend time looking at perfect coins just to find an imperfect one? Perfect is not good enough? Heck, I willingly go through groups of Byzantines looking for a decent one, let alone perfect. Lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, its why I like ancient coins. Every one is unique in its own way, every one has its own story, and just like snowflakes if you ever find two alike something is probably wrong. </p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you bought yourself at least $7 worth or happiness Doug. Cheap at any price. What they are worth after we are done with them is our heirs concern, right? I read your posts and it makes me want to spend more time with my coins, I have groups I have not looked at in ten years, and you find great enjoyment out of the simplest late Roman. I need to get my hands dirtier. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1036488, member: 26302"]Nothing is boring unless you make it boring. To me, nothing is more boring than standardization and by extension mechanically stamped coins. It is so bad people willingly go through thousands of coins a night looking for the tiniest possible deviation and then get excited about their new find. I could never get into errors, why spend time looking at perfect coins just to find an imperfect one? Perfect is not good enough? Heck, I willingly go through groups of Byzantines looking for a decent one, let alone perfect. Lol. Anyway, its why I like ancient coins. Every one is unique in its own way, every one has its own story, and just like snowflakes if you ever find two alike something is probably wrong. It sounds like you bought yourself at least $7 worth or happiness Doug. Cheap at any price. What they are worth after we are done with them is our heirs concern, right? I read your posts and it makes me want to spend more time with my coins, I have groups I have not looked at in ten years, and you find great enjoyment out of the simplest late Roman. I need to get my hands dirtier. :) Chris[/QUOTE]
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