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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2805249, member: 44316&quot;]Gold sure does catch the eye and everyone seems to appreciate it. It doesn&#039;t take a history lesson to appreciate a solidus or aureus. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Right. A sestertius is larger than the largest US coin (Have you seen a half dollar coin lately? I haven&#039;t.) and that is impressive. No history lesson required.</p><p><br /></p><p>What makes a coin especially interesting to me is in my head--years of learning. If you don&#039;t know what I know about x then my coin of x will not interest you the way it interests me. It takes quite a bit of learning to get beyond &quot;It&#039;s old&quot; or &quot;It&#039;s gold&quot; or &quot;It&#039;s large&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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