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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 25713190, member: 91820&quot;]Thanks - even though i am working and started collecting social security last year the bills have to be paid, the children are on their own but there are still expenses, so there is only so much to spend on coins -so I have to try to find good coins at good prices.&nbsp; So I spend an inordinate amount of time scouring the auctions - I&nbsp; have noticed a slight moderation of the price of mid-grade sestertii, but at the same time fewer on sale.&nbsp; Who knows why.&nbsp; Also an unfortunate result of collecting in a limited area is that when you spend 20 years collecting you start to get close to the goal, and find that there is nothing much left to buy. So I became interested in Alexandrian drachms - but there is so much wear - also other than Hadrian, the&nbsp; work seems kind of crude compared to the beautiful sestertii of the Rome mint.&nbsp; I am still grappling with that.&nbsp; The reverses are wonderful though - I spend ALOT of time on this hobby!!</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. I apologize for the typos in the article - I did it between zoom meetings - next time I will do a better job at proof reading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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