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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1642023, member: 19463&quot;]While Bing is right that many will tell you to find a strategy, I&#039;m not one of the many and will tell you to buy coins that appeal to you - speak to you - rather than buying something just because it fits some hole in the collection you have imagined.&nbsp; After you do this for a while, you may discover a pattern in the process and be able to declare your major interest.&nbsp; Too many beginners feel pressured to do 12 Caesars or late Roman without really understanding why.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Trajan is an excellent coin which I would be happy to have in my collection.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many will tell you to buy the book before the coin.&nbsp; Not I.&nbsp; I suggest making full use of online resources certainly including the free ERIC John Anthony linked (although I&#039;m not a particular fan of catalog style books).&nbsp; I might be prejudiced but still suggest you browse my site:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest beginners start with my overview series that shows a bit of the range of ancient coins available:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not suggesting you buy these exact coins but you could do worse than to find coins that would serve to illustrate each of the points made as well as the one I selected.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I found it interesting that you have 13 emperors and an Urbs Roma but I am a bit confused why you did not call that Falling Horseman by its emperor.&nbsp; If you find the type for some reason appealing I offer a page on that as well but I really, really don&#039;t think a beginner should start by gathering a set of these.&nbsp; That is something you might do when you have been collecting for decades and get bored.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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