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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2270355, member: 74282&quot;]Congratulations on joining the club! I focus on the Roman Republic myself. The Roman Republic is a great area to collect with many, many knowledgeable collectors and a ton of good books on the coinage. I know that you like slabbed coins, but especially among specialized RR collectors slabs are quite frowned upon and many of the great coins in the series are scarce enough that slabbed examples simply don&#039;t exist, or at least there aren&#039;t any nicer slabbed examples. On top of that, if you stick with good dealers, you really don&#039;t need to buy slabbed coins unless you happen to see a good deal on one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some sites that will help you learn about the RR series and ancients in general:</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> - Doug is a member here and his website is a great general knowledge website. You can learn a bit about forgeries, why it is impossible to grade most ancients(in the sense that you can grade moderns) and he has a really cool page discussing his 100 favorite coins, among other things. I</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/" rel="nofollow">http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/</a> - Andrew is one of the foremost collectors and scholars as far as RR coins go. His site is an awesome resource</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/</a> - Look up coins here when you&#039;re looking for examples or comparing prices</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to PM me with any questions you might have as well. I can definitely help evaluate any RR purchases you&#039;re considering and I promise I won&#039;t snipe any out from under you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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