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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2476514, member: 19463&quot;]<img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41wlpJqdXFL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Numismatics-Ancient-Science-Elvira-Clain-Stefanelli/dp/B0014XR9QA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Numismatics-Ancient-Science-Elvira-Clain-Stefanelli/dp/B0014XR9QA" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Numismatics-Ancient-Science-Elvira-Clain-Stefanelli/dp/B0014XR9QA</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no &#039;favorite&#039; book but prefer the one that is holding my interest at any given moment.&nbsp; This one is currently $5.&nbsp; I&#039;ve recommended the waste of more money than this here before and this book on several occasions.&nbsp; It is a thin paperback on the subject of collecting coins before the time such a hobby was open to common folks like us.&nbsp; I explains why collections like the French National and others started by royalty have things you don&#039;t.&nbsp; There are several illustrations from art including coins of which the man holding a Nero sestertius made the cover.&nbsp; I only have one Nero sestertius and it is not much in comparison not to mention right facing.&nbsp; Instead, you get a dupondius.&nbsp; Warning:&nbsp; Half of the few pages in the book are devoted to a bibliography on the subject but most of the books listed there are not to be found in your local bookstore.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]522023[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If a Renaissance painter were to show up at my door to paint my portrait holding a coin, I would have trouble selecting just one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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