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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2582035, member: 10461&quot;]I am <i>delighted </i>to have made a convert.&nbsp; It is the highest praise to which a dedicated numismatist can aspire, I think.&nbsp; Particularly to have a convert who is already so well-read and shows such promise in his newly-chosen field.&nbsp; (It was not coincidence that made you the reigning Numismatic Gladiator champion, and victorious over even Aethelred and I in the $10 NG10 championship round!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=82194]@dadams[/USER]- now that you&#039;re officially a &quot;Darksider&quot;, don&#039;t forget to go get fitted out for your Imperial storm trooper armor.&nbsp; Go see that strange looking <strike>lady</strike> organism(?) in the room down at the end of the hall.&nbsp; <strike>She</strike> it will have you sign all the forms, and will probably issue you with the standard BlasTech E-11 blaster rifle, but I sense the Dark Side of the Force is very strong within you, so I suspect you&#039;ll be switching to a lightsaber once your Darkside Jedi training is complete.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1082393873677_Vadercoin.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You are terribly lucky to live somewhere where attendance at a major show does not require hours in the car!&nbsp; My last national show was Charlotte ANA in 2007, and while I browsed the ancients a bit there, I had not yet begun collecting them seriously.&nbsp; Ironically, it was the very weekend <i>after</i> coming home from that show that I finally decided to surrender to the urge, and take up Roman Imperials.&nbsp; I then set out upon the very same dusty road you now tread, in search of adventure.&nbsp; Those were heady days indeed, and I remember them fondly.&nbsp; My enthusiasm grew by leaps and bounds, and my reading became increasingly focused on ancient history, just as yours has.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see a bright future for you, numismatically speaking.&nbsp; Of course I respect your past experience as a ... umm... what was that fancy word you used... <i>bibliomane?</i>&nbsp; Yeah.&nbsp; <i>That.</i>&nbsp; A rare book guy.&nbsp; LOL.&nbsp; That experience should have some unexpected tie-ins that will assist you in your new numismatic focus.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the dealers you mentioned, I have done business with them once or twice and would absolutely trust them.&nbsp; I had the pleasure of meeting Allen Berman at a show, once.&nbsp; He was a big fan of my eccentric <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Coin costume</a>, and actually bought a holey Draped Bust half right off my vest!&nbsp; (Not the <a href="http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/convention2005/bustHalf.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/convention2005/bustHalf.html" rel="nofollow">famous discovery coin</a>, but the one that had replaced it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I like your new Max Thrax and Elagabalus you got from Pegasi.&nbsp; Nice, attractive ancient silver was one thing that jazzed me the most when I got started with Romans.&nbsp; I constantly found myself thinking, <i>&quot;I can&#039;t believe I got something this cool for the price of a common-date Morgan dollar!&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] - pat yerself on the back, O Dead King.&nbsp; <i>We did it!</i>&nbsp; We finally captured a live one and brought him over to the <b>Dark Side!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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