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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5198891, member: 101855"]I have mostly one coin for each emperor from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great. I still have some holes that will never be filled such as Gordon Africanus I and II. Their coins cost a fortune, and they didn’t do that much. I have looked into the later emperors, but I don’t know that I am going to go there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly enough, I still don’t have a Constantius. Every time I order a nice looking follis from a website, it’s been sold. I don’t need one from the short time he was emperor; one from his time as Caesar will do just fine. I have avoided biting the bullet and paying an expense silver coin. I could have done that long ago, but I really want to avoid doing that. I sprung for the Diocletian and Maximinus silver pieces, with the four leaders at the altar, but not for the caesars. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have had fun with this collection. I have built a historical “bullet point” notebook as I did with my British kings. I don’t want or need every type. That would impossible. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did collect a complete U.S. type set from the half cent to the “old gold” commemoratives as defined by the NGC registry. It took me over 50 years, but I finally did it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5198891, member: 101855"]I have mostly one coin for each emperor from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great. I still have some holes that will never be filled such as Gordon Africanus I and II. Their coins cost a fortune, and they didn’t do that much. I have looked into the later emperors, but I don’t know that I am going to go there. Oddly enough, I still don’t have a Constantius. Every time I order a nice looking follis from a website, it’s been sold. I don’t need one from the short time he was emperor; one from his time as Caesar will do just fine. I have avoided biting the bullet and paying an expense silver coin. I could have done that long ago, but I really want to avoid doing that. I sprung for the Diocletian and Maximinus silver pieces, with the four leaders at the altar, but not for the caesars. I have had fun with this collection. I have built a historical “bullet point” notebook as I did with my British kings. I don’t want or need every type. That would impossible. I did collect a complete U.S. type set from the half cent to the “old gold” commemoratives as defined by the NGC registry. It took me over 50 years, but I finally did it.[/QUOTE]
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