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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lord Geoff, post: 1571365, member: 42001&quot;]Hello All, </p><p><br /></p><p>I just want to say I am thrilled to be making my first post.&nbsp; Several weeks ago a vending machine at work spat a silver war nickel as change and I ended up at Cointalk and have been lurking &quot;What&#039;s it worth&quot; for several hours a day.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying to figure out what I want to collect as I won&#039;t have the time to be an expert on many things.&nbsp; I have always liked ancient history particularly important battles.&nbsp; For example I can explain the significance of Marathon, Cannae, Cenescophalae (sp?), Vercengetorix, etc. etc.&nbsp; So it seems to me this will be more interesting and fruitful than trying to outgrade people on Morgan&#039;s or roll searching.&nbsp; That being said I don&#039;t know too much about old coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not started lurking this forum yet although I will soon.&nbsp; I know there are a ton of different niches of ancient coins out there.&nbsp; What I would like to know is what would be the best possible types for me.&nbsp; I am probably going to spend between $10 - 20 a month at least at first.&nbsp; I want to get coins that look at least decent.&nbsp; I don&#039;t particularly care about rarity but I would prefer not to buy something that looks like a lump with some surfaces on it.&nbsp; I will largely be buying for what I like the looks of.&nbsp; However, I would also like to at least have the opportunity, especially once I know some things, to make some value purchases.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I guess if people can recommend different niches (i.e. I realize &quot;Roman coins&quot; is too general&quot;) where the coins are relatively inexpensive, decent looking, and with enough trading going on that there may be some deals that would be great.&nbsp; Also, I would love any kind of &quot;here&#039;s the basics of ancients&quot; lists or tips, for example on the other forums &quot;don&#039;t clean your coins, here&#039;s what a slabbed coin is, etc.&quot;&nbsp; Thanks guys I&#039;m looking forward to any kind of feedback!</p><p><br /></p><p>Geoff[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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