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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7424656, member: 19463"]Yes, but, unfortunately it is possible to set up shop as a coin dealer and make a living selling things you don't understand to a group that calls themselves 'collectors' even though the only things that matter to them is what is printed on the slab and the price they dream they can get if the consign the thing to the correct remarketeer (spelling intentional). To be polite, we call them 'investors'. The ones I find most interesting are those who do not take delivery of the coins they buy but leave them in the care of their dealer pending resale. To be polite, we call them 'day traders'. Perhaps the hobby is headed to a place where people interested in studying the coins will populate their 'collections' from the online photo files without the necessity of there even being an actual piece of metal involved. To be polite, we call them 'crypto-collectors'. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, you can remember having studied it once and have lost what you once knew. I'm too lazy to re-research it. Who was the last to use TRP on a coin? This double sestertius is by Postumus PM TRP COS II PP. [ATTACH=full]1289284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus used TRP with a numeral. Here is XIII. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289285[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note on the above coin, the traditional Consul abbreviation COS was shortened to just a C. Gallienus did this also to TRP with this coin marked PXV.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289286[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7424656, member: 19463"]Yes, but, unfortunately it is possible to set up shop as a coin dealer and make a living selling things you don't understand to a group that calls themselves 'collectors' even though the only things that matter to them is what is printed on the slab and the price they dream they can get if the consign the thing to the correct remarketeer (spelling intentional). To be polite, we call them 'investors'. The ones I find most interesting are those who do not take delivery of the coins they buy but leave them in the care of their dealer pending resale. To be polite, we call them 'day traders'. Perhaps the hobby is headed to a place where people interested in studying the coins will populate their 'collections' from the online photo files without the necessity of there even being an actual piece of metal involved. To be polite, we call them 'crypto-collectors'. Also, you can remember having studied it once and have lost what you once knew. I'm too lazy to re-research it. Who was the last to use TRP on a coin? This double sestertius is by Postumus PM TRP COS II PP. [ATTACH=full]1289284[/ATTACH] Gallienus used TRP with a numeral. Here is XIII. [ATTACH=full]1289285[/ATTACH] Note on the above coin, the traditional Consul abbreviation COS was shortened to just a C. Gallienus did this also to TRP with this coin marked PXV. [ATTACH=full]1289286[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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