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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2278332, member: 19463&quot;]Lets try to be a little better than the press.&nbsp; There never was an emperor Maxmillian but that is close enough to Maximianus that we know what was meant just like we know that Phobus was actually Probus.&nbsp; It is quite appropriate for the museum to take the coins and clean them.&nbsp; They should be displayed and studied as a group but eventually (not this year) I suspect some will filter into the market.&nbsp; The farmer &#039;might&#039; get a finder&#039;s fee according to the article.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know anything about Switzerland (somebody ask Dane) but the fee could be substantial or being placed on a &#039;to be watched&#039; list according to where you are.&nbsp; It would be a bad time for that farmer to start spending money. It is a shame but par for the course that the journalist did not fact check anything (like the fact that there are several rulers between Aurelian and Maximinian and their coins probably outnumber either of the termini. The span here includes the possibility that there could be a coin of one of the really big names.&nbsp; You will see a really big announcement if they find a Saturninus.&nbsp; It was pointed out that the person who buried the coins selected recently minted items of a period of several years rather than taking random finds so it is unlikely that there will be a lot of Carausius or others known for raggedy coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Can you buy a coin like this easily?&nbsp; As a mater of fact one of you did buy one from JA sale last week that once was mine.&nbsp; I hope you like it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought it from Frank Robinson in the 90&#039;s but have &#039;upgraded&#039;.&nbsp; If you collect for a few decades you may find yourself upgrading and passing on your &#039;starter&#039; coins to someone else.&nbsp; Ordinary coins of the types shown can be $15 or $50 depending on many factors.&nbsp; Probus is a specialty of one of our CT members.&nbsp; He owns a lot of them.&nbsp; I only have about 60. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/probus.html</a></p><p>and not as many Aurelian...</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html</a></p><p>You can even buy a group lot of similar types if you watch the back of sale listings from some big sellers.&nbsp; My sample below was only 33 coins.&nbsp; You will rarely find more than a hundred is such a lot but you can always buy several.&nbsp; These are not quite as nice as what I see in the Swiss bunch so you might need to bid higher.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=166479" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=166479" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=166479</a></p><p>The point here is you don&#039;t need to go into mourning because you can&#039;t buy a Swiss find just yet.&nbsp; You don&#039;t want them anyway.&nbsp; Remember they have been cleaned and PCGS won&#039;t touch them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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