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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1380712, member: 19463&quot;]You may note a lot fewer Caligula, Claudius and young portrait Nero coins.&nbsp; The older, fat face coins like this Salus are much easier to find and much more often found worn from circulation.&nbsp; Earlier denarii with better silver that were in circulation when Nero debased the denarius would be likely to be melted while the new coins would be spent.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that extra demand for Nero makes the prices higher than normal but, after the Tribute Penny of Tiberius, and the Caius/Lucius of Augustus debased Nero are the common coins of the first half of the century.&nbsp; Compared to Claudius before and Galba/Otho/Vitellius after, Nero is rather a cheap one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Mat: I don&#039;t know why I never got a Nero silver other than I am cheap and they are not.&nbsp; I like bronze Neros better for the money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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