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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5243279, member: 19463&quot;]Of the coins, my favorite is the hogmouth thaler.&nbsp; Before I collected ancients someone gave me a 3 kreuzer and I decided then that I wanted that thaler.&nbsp; I never got that thaler but I still have the tiny coin with the big lip. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I really like is the way each coin was explained as to why it was wanted.&nbsp; You know I have no use for cut and paste labels with catalog numbers by the dozen.&nbsp; If I want to know a catalog number, I can research it but knowing what makes a coin special means more to my style collecting.&nbsp; Matt provided both in his extensive comments.&nbsp; That is great.&nbsp; BTW, I do like catalog numbers when the discussion includes what it is that made that coin to have that catalog number and whether the poster thought it was a good idea to separate two variations that look so much alike.&nbsp; For example, catalog numbers mean more with the Constantinopolis and Urbs Roma coins that come in two weight groups to match the two soldiers with one or two standards coins.&nbsp; While catalog numbers in themselves don&#039;t do much for me, the differences they acknowledge certainly do.&nbsp; Thanks to Mat for a good list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Condolences on the loss of you family members.&nbsp; My mother in law passed 18 months ago at age 104.&nbsp; You can not imagine how often my wife has said how glad she was that her mother was spared 2020 and Covid running through the nursing home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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