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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3708857, member: 76194"]Don't be too worried about that. Most of us know a lot about one or two specific areas that we like to focus on, but know just a little bit or nothing about most other areas of ancient coin collecting. After all, ancient coins encompass over 1000 years of history, including thousands of rulers, hundreds of city states, hundreds of kingdoms and empires, and countless denominations. And that's not even getting into the medieval stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I have a pretty good grasp of Roman imperial coinage from the first century through the mid-250s, but my knowledge of Roman Republic coinage and LRBs is more basic. And my knowledge of Greek coins can best be described as a passing familiarity, but nothing much deeper. My knowledge of Indian, Chinese, Asian, and medieval coinage is very fragmented. None of that has stopped me from collecting coins from all over the ancient world. That's why forums like this come in handy, as they gave me the confidence and knowledge to buy coins I may not be as familiar with because I know someone else here is and can advise me. Likewise, I'm always happy to give my opinion on Imperial coinage from the principate era to anyone that needs it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3708857, member: 76194"]Don't be too worried about that. Most of us know a lot about one or two specific areas that we like to focus on, but know just a little bit or nothing about most other areas of ancient coin collecting. After all, ancient coins encompass over 1000 years of history, including thousands of rulers, hundreds of city states, hundreds of kingdoms and empires, and countless denominations. And that's not even getting into the medieval stuff. For example, I have a pretty good grasp of Roman imperial coinage from the first century through the mid-250s, but my knowledge of Roman Republic coinage and LRBs is more basic. And my knowledge of Greek coins can best be described as a passing familiarity, but nothing much deeper. My knowledge of Indian, Chinese, Asian, and medieval coinage is very fragmented. None of that has stopped me from collecting coins from all over the ancient world. That's why forums like this come in handy, as they gave me the confidence and knowledge to buy coins I may not be as familiar with because I know someone else here is and can advise me. Likewise, I'm always happy to give my opinion on Imperial coinage from the principate era to anyone that needs it.[/QUOTE]
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