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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25911461, member: 134416"]Spots or not, it's still better than my few examples of Vitellius. Heritage ancients auctions mainly caters to the non-ancients crowd (and one of their people even mentioned so on one of the youtube podcasts). You can generally get a lot better deals from the raw dealers. As Aaron Berk stated in his youtube podcast, the slabbers generally shy away from AE coins because of the 'negative' comments NGC makes (smoothed, etc.), so you probably aren't going to have the greatest selection of non-silver/gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a suggestion. Get into the history. Totalus Rankium (apple podcasts, others) is done in a very entertaining and down-to-earth way (hint, Justin II and Justinian II are must-listens). You then can decide what period sounds most exciting to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a very nice start! My first few coins were very decrepit examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most attractive coins are generally those of the 12 Caesars, in my opinion. You'll certainly have a massive amount of types to choose from.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25911461, member: 134416"]Spots or not, it's still better than my few examples of Vitellius. Heritage ancients auctions mainly caters to the non-ancients crowd (and one of their people even mentioned so on one of the youtube podcasts). You can generally get a lot better deals from the raw dealers. As Aaron Berk stated in his youtube podcast, the slabbers generally shy away from AE coins because of the 'negative' comments NGC makes (smoothed, etc.), so you probably aren't going to have the greatest selection of non-silver/gold coins. I have a suggestion. Get into the history. Totalus Rankium (apple podcasts, others) is done in a very entertaining and down-to-earth way (hint, Justin II and Justinian II are must-listens). You then can decide what period sounds most exciting to you. It's a very nice start! My first few coins were very decrepit examples. The most attractive coins are generally those of the 12 Caesars, in my opinion. You'll certainly have a massive amount of types to choose from.[/QUOTE]
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