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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2582024, member: 10461&quot;]That shouldn&#039;t be so surprising.&nbsp; My collection has been so far mostly (though not <i>exclusively</i>) Western-oriented and admittedly a bit Eurocentric.&nbsp; It consists heavily of stuff I have a little bit of experience collecting in the past (Roman Imperials, UK, USA, for instance), but I&#039;m always trying to branch out a little.&nbsp; It&#039;s what being &quot;eclectic&quot; is all about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Near- and Far Eastern coins, as well as coins of the Islamic world, are, as I mentioned recently in another thread, somewhat out of my comfort zone due to my ignorance of non-Western writing styles.&nbsp; While foreign languages do not intimidate me, I&#039;m much more out of my depth when I stray outside the Roman or Cyrillic alphabets (though I&#039;ve tried- so far unsuccessfully- to pick up at least a <i>minimal</i> familiarity with the Greek alphabet since their ancient coins offer so many masterpieces).</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the coins of the Near and Far East and Islamic worlds offer every bit as much historical diversity, and often some lovely designs as well.&nbsp; So I&#039;m not prejudiced against them.&nbsp; Just much, <i>much</i> less experienced.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did make <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/japan-meiji-era-gold-nibu-kin-2-bu-ca-1868-1869.287293/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/japan-meiji-era-gold-nibu-kin-2-bu-ca-1868-1869.287293/">one exception</a> for my Box of 20 not too long ago.&nbsp; That coin is sold now, but I enjoyed it while I had it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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