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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Archeocultura, post: 8170164, member: 97204&quot;]As a small boy I traded nickel 10 cents pieces of the Netherlands for old silver ones with the milkman and the baker who always had a bag full of small change. In this way I got a range of dates and with that stopped the interest. Later I collected world coins (the world was much bigger then and much more exotic). As a student, when I had some more money to spend, I focussed on Dutch republican coins ( 1568-1795) and in 1974 I sold the lot to embark on Roman coins. I had no idea then, that there were so many different ones! The plan to own every denomination (except gold) from every prince, emperor, empress or emperor, is still the core of my collection. Then, after buying an early Antoninus Pius and publishing about it, started my main interest: all coins issued under Antoninus Pius from the mint of Rome. This collection now comprises over a thousand different coins. As it became increasingly difficult to find new variants, I also started collection LRB&#039;s from the mint of Arles up to the death of Constantine. That seems very limited, but there are some 1200 coins struck between 313 and 340.</p><p>After sixty years of collection I now have more coins I want to get rid of than coins in one of the collections.</p><p>No, Doug, I don&#039;t want my kids to have to deal with it!&nbsp; I hope to live long enough to disperse of my surplus coins myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frans</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Attached the number &#039;one&#039; coin of my Pius collection RIC new: 2769; old: 1095[ATTACH=full]1427094[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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