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<p>[QUOTE="Swervo513, post: 4005451, member: 42720"]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy New year to all! I’m glad to be back here. I had a great time at this past NY INC coin show. While, the amount of booths was less than it has been in previous years I had some great encounters and I learned a lot. I even completed my Twelve Caesar set! I’m very excited about that!</p><p><br /></p><p>So to start, I found some wonderful well-priced examples of the three caesars I needed to complete my denarius set of lifetime issue portraits of the twelve caesars. I was hunting for Claudius, Vitellius and Titus. And, we all know how Claudius likes to hide (and how rare his denarius is). After much searching I decided and could only afford the examples you see below. There were quite a few in better shape and way more expensive. I paid $900 for the Vitellius which I feel I overpaid for slightly. But, I bought the Claudius for $830 because of a crack in the die. Also, I paid $550 for the Titus which has a nice Patina is you see it in person. I’ll try to get better pics of these and post them later.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054599[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I was really pumped that finished my set. And I was further excited to see another more beautiful set of the Twelve Caesars for sale by one of the dealers there. It was very inspirational and humbling to see this set and compare it to mine. This is the set I saw today below:[ATTACH=full]1054600[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite a hefty price tag.. but I am sure it is justified as each piece is of amazing quality. All of them are centered and have full legends. My humble set on the other hand is less attractive, but, formidable as well! Here is my completed set below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054601[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for the low quality images. I will try to up my game in that department. It took me almost 8 years to complete this set and I’m super proud of it. I think now I will just look to expand on other key figures in the early roman imperial age and maybe even some Greek and Republic. Not sure which way my collection will go next.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was some other exciting stuff that happened too. I was able to meet a cointalk member at the show! His name is Terrance and he gave me this cool pin below! Terrance please drop a comment if you see this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054611[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was so cool to meet another member of this forum. Finally, the icing on the cake was having the amazing luck to see an Eid Mar denarius and hold it in my hands. This coin (shown below) had just sold for $300,000 to a man from Texas! I was holding 300k in the tips of my fingers! And it is an amazing piece of history to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054602[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I could share the video of my reaction some how. This coin has been all over the internet and Facebook because the owner has so graciously been letting people see and hold it before shipping it to its new owner. Of course, it was in a protective plastic case. But, it was still surreal! I love coins like this with a significant history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all so much for following my thread. Hope you all have wonderful coin show stories. Please, share your 12 Caesar set if you have one! Or your coin show finds!</p><p><br /></p><p>Lorenzo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Swervo513, post: 4005451, member: 42720"]Hi everyone, Happy New year to all! I’m glad to be back here. I had a great time at this past NY INC coin show. While, the amount of booths was less than it has been in previous years I had some great encounters and I learned a lot. I even completed my Twelve Caesar set! I’m very excited about that! So to start, I found some wonderful well-priced examples of the three caesars I needed to complete my denarius set of lifetime issue portraits of the twelve caesars. I was hunting for Claudius, Vitellius and Titus. And, we all know how Claudius likes to hide (and how rare his denarius is). After much searching I decided and could only afford the examples you see below. There were quite a few in better shape and way more expensive. I paid $900 for the Vitellius which I feel I overpaid for slightly. But, I bought the Claudius for $830 because of a crack in the die. Also, I paid $550 for the Titus which has a nice Patina is you see it in person. I’ll try to get better pics of these and post them later. [ATTACH=full]1054599[/ATTACH] So, I was really pumped that finished my set. And I was further excited to see another more beautiful set of the Twelve Caesars for sale by one of the dealers there. It was very inspirational and humbling to see this set and compare it to mine. This is the set I saw today below:[ATTACH=full]1054600[/ATTACH] Quite a hefty price tag.. but I am sure it is justified as each piece is of amazing quality. All of them are centered and have full legends. My humble set on the other hand is less attractive, but, formidable as well! Here is my completed set below: [ATTACH=full]1054601[/ATTACH] I apologize for the low quality images. I will try to up my game in that department. It took me almost 8 years to complete this set and I’m super proud of it. I think now I will just look to expand on other key figures in the early roman imperial age and maybe even some Greek and Republic. Not sure which way my collection will go next. There was some other exciting stuff that happened too. I was able to meet a cointalk member at the show! His name is Terrance and he gave me this cool pin below! Terrance please drop a comment if you see this. [ATTACH=full]1054611[/ATTACH] It was so cool to meet another member of this forum. Finally, the icing on the cake was having the amazing luck to see an Eid Mar denarius and hold it in my hands. This coin (shown below) had just sold for $300,000 to a man from Texas! I was holding 300k in the tips of my fingers! And it is an amazing piece of history to boot. [ATTACH=full]1054602[/ATTACH] I wish I could share the video of my reaction some how. This coin has been all over the internet and Facebook because the owner has so graciously been letting people see and hold it before shipping it to its new owner. Of course, it was in a protective plastic case. But, it was still surreal! I love coins like this with a significant history. Thank you all so much for following my thread. Hope you all have wonderful coin show stories. Please, share your 12 Caesar set if you have one! Or your coin show finds! Lorenzo[/QUOTE]
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