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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2995775, member: 51347&quot;]Personally, I purchased a similar book a long time ago.&nbsp; It is worthless, in my opinion, regarding collecting ANCIENT COINS.&nbsp; I do not care nor am interested in my coins being slabbed (that is why I got OUT of Moderns several years ago).&nbsp; I completely lost interest in machine-manufactured, MASS-produced, coins where tiny, almost imperceptible changes excite collectors.&nbsp; That is incredibly boring (I have been in manufacturing for 40 years - it is mass marketing that creates modern coin excitement.)&nbsp; To get excited about a coin having less that 10,000 population?&nbsp; I have several coins with less than 100 known, many with less than 10 known, some with only a couple known specimens.&nbsp; Slabbing? I have removed any and all of my Ancients from slabs. I want to HOLD my Ancients as they were INTENDED for circulation... many have survived over 2000 years, why do they need to be slabbed now?&nbsp; Grading?&nbsp; I enjoy the HISTORY behind the coins.&nbsp; SOME of my coins have no better grade than &#039;Good&#039; for all known coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got into Ancients, I felt I was back into what coin collecting was SUPPOSED to be, without all the colored &quot;Price Sheets&quot;, without all the plastic coin tombs, and without always asking &quot;how much is it worth?&quot;.&nbsp; I enjoy Ancients for their HISTORY, uniqueness, beauty, and amazing creativeness with different ancient technologies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I really enjoy the people in Coin Talk Ancients Forum as you will receive knowledge, encouragement, support, and help... all at your fingertips.&nbsp; I never purport to be an expert, I let the other truly informed folks teach me via my observations.&nbsp; I am just here to enjoy my Hobby.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740099[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia (pronounced as Fufluna in Etrurian)</p><p>AR 5 Asses</p><p>3rd C BCE 2.0g</p><p>Obv: Young Hd Left (Fufluns), V behind (mark of 5 Asses as value)</p><p>Rev: Blank</p><p>Ref: HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 Vecchi Etruscan 91.6 ex NAC 29 No 9</p><p>RARE</p><p>(My research is that this is Fufluns, Etrurian God of plant life, wine, happiness, health, and growth in nature.&nbsp; He is one of the 16 Gods in the Etrurian Pantheon which were forunners of many of the Roman Gods)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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