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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 3364474, member: 86498"]My first Aureus was a Pius as well. The year 1991 and I was on a three week trip to Europe. I just spent a week in Italy (mostly in Rome) and was coming back through Switzerland and as we got into Basel at about 3 AM we slept in the car about 2 blocks from Munzen & Medallian. At opening (I think 7 AM) I showed up and saw some Aureii. All were of Pius. I picked what I thought was the best and started to pay. I had gotten a hold of something like 100 Five franc coins a bunch of two and one franc coins so I started paying. At first I thought I would do a down payment, but then i told them" If you can drop the price a bit more i can do the whole thing." They did I paid in Swiss francs Canadian travelers cheques Italian Lire, and finally in German Marks. I got a further discount when I told them that this was my last 500 DM. So I got the coin. I have loved it ever since. Antoninus Pius Aureus RIC 226[ATTACH=full]892313[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]