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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3650576, member: 19463"]I have two suggestions. First is to learn the difference between 'worn' and 'poorly struck' coins. Your coin has very little wear with good detail separation on the high points. It shows an uneven strike with weakness on the left which was the result of workmanship. The coin posted by gsimonel was, as he put it, beat up in circulation. His suffers from wear making the separation between crown and hair unclear compared to your unworn coin. The coin shown by ancient coin hunter has a really good strike but some wear on the high points on both sides. See how the detail in the crown, ear and hair are starting to merge. I prefer a well struck worn coin to a coin unchanged since it left the mint but that never was all that good looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>My second recommendation is to learn what is available in ancients and see what appeals to you. My way of thinking would make another Pax coin from another Third Century emperor a poor choice but this is an opinion. I would suggest the next coin be nothing like this one. I have a series of pages that introduces several categories that you might find appealing.</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>You might even want to try something Greek or earlier Roman or silver or Asian or so many things that may be of interest more to some of us than to others. We have members here who collect only Late Roman, only Roman Republican or a hundred other choices. We also have people like me who collect generally and value things that are different from what we already have. It is up to you. Don't feel like there is a right or wrong answer. In the last month, I have added coins from c.400 BC and c.1300AD (and a few in between). Pick a choice and enjoy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3650576, member: 19463"]I have two suggestions. First is to learn the difference between 'worn' and 'poorly struck' coins. Your coin has very little wear with good detail separation on the high points. It shows an uneven strike with weakness on the left which was the result of workmanship. The coin posted by gsimonel was, as he put it, beat up in circulation. His suffers from wear making the separation between crown and hair unclear compared to your unworn coin. The coin shown by ancient coin hunter has a really good strike but some wear on the high points on both sides. See how the detail in the crown, ear and hair are starting to merge. I prefer a well struck worn coin to a coin unchanged since it left the mint but that never was all that good looking. My second recommendation is to learn what is available in ancients and see what appeals to you. My way of thinking would make another Pax coin from another Third Century emperor a poor choice but this is an opinion. I would suggest the next coin be nothing like this one. I have a series of pages that introduces several categories that you might find appealing. [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html[/URL] You might even want to try something Greek or earlier Roman or silver or Asian or so many things that may be of interest more to some of us than to others. We have members here who collect only Late Roman, only Roman Republican or a hundred other choices. We also have people like me who collect generally and value things that are different from what we already have. It is up to you. Don't feel like there is a right or wrong answer. In the last month, I have added coins from c.400 BC and c.1300AD (and a few in between). Pick a choice and enjoy.[/QUOTE]
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