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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2412003, member: 51347"]I agree with [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] ... I enjoy collecting the coins mainly for HISTORY. Aesthetics are nice, but the historical significance, regardless of of the surface of the coin or condition is MUCH more attractive to me. Once I find the cool coin from an Historical perspective, then I hone in on more attractive details for the price I plan to pay... Ergo, UGLY, unattractive coins can be EXTREMELY attractive to me, especially if they nail an historical place-marker. My goal is not to sell them or show them off; my goal is to touch the time period, and the people that transacted the coins of significant events in human history.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a reasonably large Western Ancient collection and a budding Eastern Ancient collection. My collection approach is the same for both collections. An overall observation of my collection: I really do not have many "pretty" Ancient Greek coins...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2412003, member: 51347"]I agree with [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] ... I enjoy collecting the coins mainly for HISTORY. Aesthetics are nice, but the historical significance, regardless of of the surface of the coin or condition is MUCH more attractive to me. Once I find the cool coin from an Historical perspective, then I hone in on more attractive details for the price I plan to pay... Ergo, UGLY, unattractive coins can be EXTREMELY attractive to me, especially if they nail an historical place-marker. My goal is not to sell them or show them off; my goal is to touch the time period, and the people that transacted the coins of significant events in human history. I have a reasonably large Western Ancient collection and a budding Eastern Ancient collection. My collection approach is the same for both collections. An overall observation of my collection: I really do not have many "pretty" Ancient Greek coins...[/QUOTE]
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