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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1828418, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0junk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>When I was first starting in the hobby 50 years ago, I answered an ad in the back of a magazine for a large group (25? - exact number now uncertain) of ancient coins for $2.99 (another guess).&nbsp; At that time I was used to paying 50 cents for decent late Romans or worn sestertii and $5 got decent, common denarii.&nbsp;&nbsp; The photo above (made for another purpose - who has seen it on my site in the fiction section?) shows several of those coins under four larger and better junkers (Licinius, Gallienus, 2 reverses) and two fakes (Gela and Victory).&nbsp; If it is in the photo above and you can&#039;t ID it, it was part of that lot.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad I never threw them away since I can show you now that there were junk coins long before eBay was born.&nbsp;&nbsp; The backs of magazine of interest to boys were filled with ads for stamps and coins from companies that counted on my not knowing any better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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