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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2330437, member: 19463&quot;]A decision we each have to make is how to spend our budget whatever it might be.&nbsp; In my opinion jwt708 got a lot more for his $65 (do the math) than most beginners who buy a lot of 12 coins would but I&#039;ll use that as a starting point here.&nbsp; The decision is whether we might have preferred six, three or just one coin for that same $65.&nbsp; We even might suggest the option of holding off and spending ten times $65 on one coin but only doing it one tenth as often.&nbsp; It makes no difference as long as YOU like the coins you are collecting and not listening to someone (like us here) who each will have their opinions.&nbsp; I have quite a few late Roman bronzes in the $5-10 range.&nbsp; In the last year or so I bought a coin that was $65:</p><p>Apollonia silver drachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]472398[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and two coins that totaled about $65 (each in the low-mid $30 bracket):</p><p>a rather rare Septimius Severus denarius in so-so condition</p><p>[ATTACH=full]472405[/ATTACH] </p><p>and a drachm of Sasanian Khusro II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]472406[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I could come up with other examples in other quantities that adds up to $65 but you get the point, I hope, that there are a lot of choices out there and only you can really know which one is most deserving of your cash.&nbsp; Certainly we will be happy to give our opinions but, in the end, you have to decide.&nbsp; What you will probably find is some coins costing $10 end up being as pleasing to you as others that cost $100.&nbsp; In the long run, it all averages out and you will enjoy the hobby more if you don&#039;t dwell on past triumphs or mistakes.&nbsp;&nbsp; Different people here will differ on which of my three above was the biggest mistake or greatest find. Such is life in this hobby.&nbsp; Enjoy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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