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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3012419, member: 93702&quot;]Hello all... I am very new to ancients (and coin collecting in general). Took me awhile to find this site and I certainly like the posts that I have read and everyone seems very supportive. I started just a few months ago with a lot of uncleaned coins and found this fascinating. I also realized after much research that while that is a fun exercise you are limited to what you&#039;ll find and much of it is very poor (apparently I was 10 or 15 years behind the best opportunities with uncleaned coins.. but thus is life). I think I will always have an small uncleaned lot &quot;on the go&quot; going forward - I just love the process... but I have started to buy a few individual coins that look interesting to me. </p><p>I have a family and 2 teenage daughters in high school.. so my purchasing power is very limited as other priorities take precedent.. which is fine by me.</p><p>So interesting lower grade coins and buying books on the subject are my focus now and I feel this is a great spot to be in. I am really enjoying this hobby and especially the learning curve - it is huge ..and a great challenge!</p><p>I tip my hat to you experts and some day hope to enter your ranks. One thing I did learn from all of my research (and probably the most important thing!) is that I now understand how little I know and I am very careful with my purchases and who I purchase from.</p><p>But - I did treat myself recently and purchased my first piece of Roman silver from the recent Frank S. Robinson auction. I love this coin and can&#039;t believe that I own it.. it is a truly wonderful work of art with incredible history. I know this is probably a minor purchase for many of you but I feel very honored to own it, take care of it, share it and some day pass it on. I think I did well..</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan </p><p>obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC</p><p>laureate draped bust right</p><p>rev: PM TRP COS VI PP SPQR</p><p>Mars walking right holding spear and trophy</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747239[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to introduce myself. I hope you won&#039;t mind me picking your collective brains as I strive to learn more about this hobby, more about history and how to direct my future collecting (I am kind of all over the place at the moment).</p><p>Cheers![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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