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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3221840, member: 19463&quot;]I do not regret buying coins like that one when I was starting in the hobby but no longer have many of them.&nbsp; In the last few months I have given away about 30 coins and sold two or three with the idea that my collection needed to be better rather than bigger.&nbsp; Finding someone who was willing to pay in 2018 dollars what I paid in 1988 dollars has not been easy so giving them away has been as rewarding but in a different way.&nbsp; In those 30 years, I learned a lot from the coins I have owned and there is education to be had from coins like yours and that education is worth what I &#039;lost&#039; in cash.&nbsp; If you are interested in making a financial killing trading coins, buying this coin was a waste of money.&nbsp; If you want to build a life as a collector/student of ancient coins, you did as well as most people. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning uncleaned coins is not a good way to get a collection of ancient coins.&nbsp; It is a way to have fun seeing if you can will the lottery and find worth under the soil.&nbsp; It is a different hobby from coin collecting.&nbsp; If you want coins you will continue to want, buy coins you can see.&nbsp; Listen to Nicholas Molinari and buy CLEANED coins in groups or singly but buy coins that speak to you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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